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.
Helen MirrenI was part of the first generation of girls and women to be educated and go to grammar school even if we didn't have much money. Then that generation went, 'OK, great', and went into medicine or the police, and hit this wall of discrimination from older men who hadn't caught up.
Helen MirrenI 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.
Helen MirrenWords can be used for venal purposes. Words are incredible sources of propaganda and can cause terrible havoc.
Helen Mirren