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You write your life story by the choices you make. You never know if they have been a mistake. Those moments of decision are so difficult.
Helen Mirren
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Helen Mirren
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 26
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Dame Helen Lydia Mirren
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I resent having witnessed the survival of some very mediocre male actors and the professional demise of the very brilliant female ones.
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I still suffer terribly from stage fright. I get sick with fear. Not every night, but at the beginning and on occasion - not necessarily when I'm expecting it. You just have to cope with it - take it on the chin and work through it, trying to use the adrenalin to perform.
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