There is that awful moment when you realize that you're falling in love. That should be the most joyful moment, and actually it's not. It's always a moment that's full of fear because you know, as night follows day, the joy is going to rapidly be followed by some pain or other. All the angst of a relationship.
Helen MirrenI don't share lots of the phobias that horror movies tap into. I don't mind spiders or snakes or darkness.
Helen MirrenI have done film, television and theatre - all at a pretty substantial level - I don't think it's possible for American actors to do that.
Helen MirrenYou have to go through the long, painful process of learning techniques to be able to recognize a "good accident" or a "bad accident."
Helen MirrenThere's a heartbeat in any country that carries on regardless - at least in Europe. That's what worries me about America, because I'm not sure what that heartbeat is - unless it's the heartbeat of someone who's just arrived, who just ran over the border two weeks ago.
Helen Mirren