"I have never in my life found myself in a situation where I've stopped work and said, 'Thank God it's Friday.' But weekends are special even if your schedule is all over the place. Something tells you the weekend has arrived and you can indulge yourself a bit."
Helen Mirren"I don't believe that if you do good, good things will happen. Everything is completely accidental and random. Sometimes bad things happen to very good people and sometimes good things happen to bad people. But at least if you try to do good things, then you're spending your time doing something worthwhile."
Helen Mirren"Humor in a relationship is so important. Many women will say that. Some say, 'If they can make you laugh, it's the sexiest thing on earth.'"
Helen Mirren"The trick in life is learning how to deal with it."
Helen Mirren"Gardening is learning, learning, learning. That's the fun of them. You're always learning."
Helen Mirren"The great marriages are partnerships. It can't be a great marriage without being a partnership."
Helen Mirren"Patience can be a good thing - but not necessarily. Sometimes it's not so bad to be impatient. I'm a little bit too polite."
Helen Mirren"I'm under the impression that this notion of decency is disappearing from our society where conflicts are made worse on cinema and on television, where people are nasty and cruel on the Internet and where, in general, everybody seems to be very angry."
Helen Mirren