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Undefeated Motivation

Undefeated Motivation

Helen Mirren 

“My dad’s Russian. My mother’s English. I would say my bottom half is Russian.” -Helen Mirren

“My dad’s Russian. My mother’s English. I would say my bottom half is Russian.” -Helen Mirren

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“I prefer the finesse of French humour. English humour is more scathing, more cruel, as illustrated by Monty Python and Little Britain.” -Helen Mirren
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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.'” -Helen Mirren
“I think every woman in our culture is a feminist. They may refuse to articulate it, but if you were to take any woman back 40 years and say, ‘Is this a world you want to live in?’ They would say, ‘No.'” -Helen Mirren
“‘Good English’ is whatever educated people talk; so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another.” -C. S. Lewis
“Two phrases I hate in reference to female characters are ‘strong’ and ‘feisty.’ They really annoy me. It’s the most condescending thing. You say that about a three-year-old. It infantilises women.” -Helen Mirren
“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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“I can’t say ‘no’ to an interesting role. I always tell my husband, ‘That’s it, I quit, I’ve done all I wanted,’ and he’s just like, ‘Yeah, yeah. Sure.'” -Helen Mirren
“I met with Hitchcock when I was a very, very young actress just starting out and he was making ‘Frenzy’ in London and I was sent along to meet with him. He was very, very unimpressed with me and I have to say, I was rather unimpressed with him – but only because I was an arrogant, ignorant young actress.” -Helen Mirren