Helen Mirren Quotes About Acting

Quotes about: Acting

• I've been working every year since I started acting, and I got many awards before I won the Oscar for 'The Queen.'

  Helen Mirren

  Queens, Awards, Years

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• When I came into the acting profession, it was quite hierarchical. You didn't sit at the same table as the leading actor. Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir John Gielgud... these were very, very intimidating and powerful people.

  Helen Mirren

  Powerful, People, Acting

• When women get great roles in life, they start to get great roles in films and TV. Look at Janet Reno, Madeleine Albright, and Mrs. Thatcher. Because those images are coming at us in life, they are reflected in acting.

  Helen Mirren

  Acting, Roles, Looks

• They’re called action scenes because they do the acting for you. You don’t have to act in action scenes.

  Helen Mirren

  Acting, Doe, Action

  "Oscar-winning Dame Helen Mirren Stirs The Tempest & Makes Us See Red This Season". Interview with Brad Balfour, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 26, 2010.

• I knew I wanted to engage in the world of the imagination, but it was not economically feasible for me to study acting, so I went to a teachers' training college.

  Helen Mirren

  Teacher, College, Imagination

  "Grande Dame Helen Mirren: My Sex Appeal is 'Bloody Irrelevant'". Interview with Stacey Wilson Hunt, www.hollywoodreporter.com. December 7, 2010.

• Acting is acting, but acting is different in almost always every project, and very, very different in this context.

  Helen Mirren

  Acting, Different, Projects

  "Helen Mirren finds 'Treasure' pure pleasure". The Associated Press Interview, www.today.com. December 20, 2007.

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