I don't get to play the same role over and over in different movies. The roles that I get to play are quite varied, which is great.
Helen MirrenGardening is learning, learning, learning. That's the fun of them. You're always learning.
Helen MirrenAs an actor, those are the roles that you long for. You always want something that's going to kick your last role out of the water and put you off on a new path.
Helen MirrenIt was not my destiny, I kept thinking it would be, waiting for it to happen, but it never did, and I didn't care what people thought ... It was only boring old men who would ask me. And whenever they went, 'What? No children? Well, you'd better get on with it, old girl,' I'd say 'No! F*** off!'
Helen Mirren