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I have to say, without sounding like a total tosser, that everything I've learned in life, and that has taken me out of my natural interior life, has been with men. They exposed me to things that I wasn't aware of. I learned from all the guys.

Helen Mirren

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Helen Mirren
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 26
Actor
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Film Director
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Hammersmith
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Dame Helen Lydia Mirren
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