Helen Mirren “When you’re young and beautiful, you’re paranoid and miserable.” -Helen Mirren “When you’re young and beautiful, you’re paranoid and miserable.” -Helen Mirren Related Quotes “I am in a fabulously lucky position in that I get to wear beautiful, beautiful gowns for functions, which I can then give back. That way, they’re not sitting in my wardrobe with me looking at them and feeling guilty. I love that, and I think when people have a fabulous function to go to, I’d recommend renting.” -Helen Mirren “When you’re young, you wonder what all these old people are droning on about, trying to impart their wisdom. It’s not relevant to you because being young is such a specific thing. Thank God for that. Thank God for the young people who go out and demonstrate against rampant capitalism or whatever.” -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 “We’re all idiots when we’re young. We don’t think we are, but we are. So we should be.” -Helen Mirren “It’s so hard when you’re young to look at older people and understand that they have been where you are. It’s the weirdest thing. You just can’t get your head around that, can you? You can’t get your head around the fact that someone who is 60 was once 16, if you’re 16. But the fact is they have been, and they remember it.” -Helen Mirren “There’s a scary moment when you realise you’re no longer the youngest person in the room. Especially if you’ve been a successful young person. That’s followed, of course, by the realisation that you’re actually the oldest person in the room.” -Helen Mirren “I always love working with young actors, because there’s always something to learn. It’s always exciting to see the next generation and how they approach things and what’s great about them and what’s not so great about them.” -Helen Mirren “It’s very important to like the people you work with. Otherwise, your job is going to be quite miserable.” -Elon Musk “Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” -Norman Vincent Peale “Beautiful speech doesn’t need protection, it’s ugly speech that needs protection. We have these cultural norms that allow people to say really ugly things. You don’t have to invite them to your dinner party, but you should let them say it.” -Jeff Bezos