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There isn't a King Lear for women, or a Henry V, or a Richard III. You reach a level where you can handle that stuff technically and mentally, and it's not there.

Helen Mirren

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Helen Mirren
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 26
Actor
Film Actor
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Hammersmith
London
Dame Helen Lydia Mirren
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You could build three hospitals with the cost of one film and I take that very seriously.
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When you're young and beautiful, you're paranoid and miserable.
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I don't think it's good to try and change anyone. The trick and the mystery - of relationships and life in general - is to learn to live with the bits you don't like.
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I love that country [Israel].
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