Helen Mirren

You write your life story by the choices you make. You never know if they have been a mistake. Those moments of decision are so difficult.

The trick in life is learning how to deal with it.

There's nothing sexy about doing a nude scene. It's rather uncomfortable. I like dressing up rather than dressing down.

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.

Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.

It's hard to imagine anyone interested in film not being a fan of Alfred Hitchcock because he's such a key influence on the entire history of cinema - it's hard to escape his shadow.