Top 51 Quotes by Helen McCrory

About Helen McCrory

These are some quotes by British author Helen McCrory Actress, who was born on August 17, 1968.

Appallingly, I hadn't thought about it one jot. I never daydreamed as a little girl of getting married and having children. I was as surprised to discover I was getting married as I was to discover I was up the duff.

Helen McCrory

Theatre is liberating because it only works if it's truthful - that's what it requires. That's not true of film: the camera does lie.

Theatre is liberating because it only works if it's truthful - that's what it requires. That's not true of film: the camera does lie.

Helen McCrory

What I find most interesting about acting is transforming myself.

What I find most interesting about acting is transforming myself.

Helen McCrory

So often when you meet child actors, they're weird - they're freaks. No, I mean it, they're really odd people.

So often when you meet child actors, they're weird - they're freaks. No, I mean it, they're really odd people.

Helen McCrory

I use my awards as doorstops. Others are in the office or in little cubbyholes in our library - they go between the books, because they actually look like arty pieces.

I use my awards as doorstops. Others are in the office or in little cubbyholes in our library - they go between the books, because they actually look like arty pieces.

Helen McCrory

I spent my teenage years in Paris when my dad was stationed there, and I'd look at women in their forties and think, 'That's the age I want to be.'

I spent my teenage years in Paris when my dad was stationed there, and I'd look at women in their forties and think, 'That's the age I want to be.'

Helen McCrory

I think change is good because it teaches you that it's nothing to be frightened of.

I think change is good because it teaches you that it's nothing to be frightened of.

Helen McCrory

I'm a very positive person. My grandmother taught me that happiness is both a skill and a decision, and you are responsible for the outcome.

I'm a very positive person. My grandmother taught me that happiness is both a skill and a decision, and you are responsible for the outcome.

Helen McCrory

People who are exceptionally intelligent are often lonely because there are few people as intelligent as them. I have two little children, and everyone says: 'I hope they're doing well in school. I hope they're bright.' And I think: 'Why would anyone want their children to be the brightest?' Academia is a lonely world.

Helen McCrory

I was lucky to learn early in life that you need money for food and shelter, but there's no ambition in having money in the bank for the sake of it!

I was lucky to learn early in life that you need money for food and shelter, but there's no ambition in having money in the bank for the sake of it!

Helen McCrory

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