Helen Mirren Quotes

I have no maternal instinct whatsoever. Motherhood holds no interest for me.

I believe in meditation – it’s a good tool to centre yourself, but unfortunately, I’m too lazy to do it. It’s very hard work, and I prefer to watch ‘Nothing To Declare’ on TV!

It’s a mystery that thing about chemistry because often people who hate each other in real life and hate each other on the set have great chemistry on the screen. And people who love each other in real life and love each other on the set have absolutely no chemistry whatsoever.

The trick in life is learning how to deal with it.

There’s no good way to waste your time. Wasting time is just wasting time.

I think still it is very fine not to want children. There are far too many people in the world. It is my contribution to ecology.

Patience can be a good thing – but not necessarily. Sometimes it’s not so bad to be impatient. I’m a little bit too polite.

I don’t share lots of the phobias that horror movies tap into. I don’t mind spiders or snakes or darkness.

English actors feel vaguely apologetic for being there at all. American actors know that the most important thing is to get one take out of fifty that is great, and they’ll go to any length to get it. The English are used to working within consistently small, low-budget things and think, I mustn’t waste their time.

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.

I am so happy that I didn’t have children. Well, you know, because I’ve had freedom.

Gardening is learning, learning, learning. That’s the fun of them. You’re always learning.