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It's great to be queen!

Helen Mirren

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Helen Mirren
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 26
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Hammersmith
London
Dame Helen Lydia Mirren
Queen
Queens
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The most difficult thing about shooting guns instantly on film is to not pull a silly face while the gun is going off, because it's always a bit of a shock. So you find yourself sticking your tongue out or blinking or whatever. So the hardest thing is to keep a straight face while you're shooting a gun.
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The control and understanding of our personal fears is one of the most important undertakings of our lives.
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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.
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I think a lot of my work has been a weird attempt to liberate myself, but it's not altogether successful.
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I can't help being Christian because I was brought up in Britain, and the morality of Christianity is part of the fabric of this country.
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Americans are very good at animating voices. I don't know why. They have a freedom with them that we British actors find more difficult to get to.
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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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As an actor, those are the roles that you long for. You always want something that's going to kick your last role out of the water and put you off on a new path.
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Humor in a relationship is so important. Many women will say that. Some say, 'If they can make you laugh, it's the sexiest thing on earth.'
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You know, he [Alan Rickman] played these very reserved, sometimes-cold, sometimes-threatening characters on the screen, but the reality of the man was incredible warmth and humor and generosity and wicked fun.
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I don't see that anybody needs to earn $12 million for three months' work, quite honestly.
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It was never my intention to marry anybody. Economics are basically the only reason to get married, but I'm very glad I did it.
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Hollywood is a very small world the people who matter matter, and the people who don't matter are just like nothing.
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Sometimes nudity is sexy. Sometimes it's not. Sometimes being clothed is more sexy than being nude. I think people tend to get the two mixed up.
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I believe that if you want to go make your mark on the world you've got to go out and do it. Don't be shy, be adventurous.
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It's very easy to just shout: 'Off with their heads!' Maybe in doing that you might lose something very valuable. I would like to see the monarchy continue, but in a more democratic fashion.
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I'd describe myself as a Christian who doesn't believe in God.
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