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Helen McCrory
Helen McCrory
British Actress
Born: Aug 17, 1968
Because Life People Theatre Think You
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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
Positive Happiness Me You Decision Positive Person Responsible Outcome Both Very Person Taught Grandmother Skill
I had a great start in television; the first thing I did was an episode of 'Performance' called 'The Entertainer' with Michael Gambon playing Archie Rice. Helen McCrory
Great First Television Entertainer Archie Had Performance First Thing Michael Did The First Thing Rice Episode Thing Start Playing
I was very lucky. I left college, and Richard Eyre was in charge of the National Theatre. I was offered the lead in 'The Seagull' with no experience and went on to do five plays there. Helen McCrory
Experience Theatre College National Charge No Experience Lead Left Very Five Offered National Theatre Richard Seagull Lucky Plays
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
Life Food You Money Ambition Having Learn Shelter Sake Bank Lucky Early Need
You can be moved by a performance on set, but when you see it on screen, it does nothing. Yet there will be someone you simply didn't notice on set that on screen: bam! Helen McCrory
You Will Nothing On-Screen See Someone Simply Performance Does Moved Screen Notice Set
The benefits of feminism for someone like my husband are fantastic. He can stay at home with the kids, he can take them to a park, he does the school run. Helen McCrory
Home Benefits School Husband Feminism Kids Run Stay Stay-At-Home Someone Park Take He Like Does Them Fantastic
As I've got older, I feel more confident in my body, so wouldn't want to tamper with it. Helen McCrory
Older More Feel Got Confident Want Body
I can sleep anywhere! I can come off stage during the interval of a play, lie down for four minutes then wake up feeling better. Helen McCrory
Lie Better Wake Up Feeling Stage Down Interval Minutes Come Off Wake Up Anywhere Then Play Four Sleep
Literature is reflecting what is happening in life. More and more women are having relationships with younger men. It's partly that women are not losing their figures now. Helen McCrory
Life Women Losing Men Relationships Having More More And More Partly Women Are Reflecting Happening Literature Younger Figures Now
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
Hope People World School Lonely Few Think Everyone Says Would Exceptionally Academia Well Because Doing Intelligent Few People Often Children Want Anyone Little Them Little Children Who Bright Why Brightest Two
I've become more confident as I have got older. I care less what others think. Helen McCrory
Care Become Older Think Others More Got Confident Less
What I find most interesting about acting is transforming myself. Helen McCrory
Myself Find About Most Transforming Interesting Acting
When I was 14, I told my mother I intended to be in the House of Commons in the morning, in court in the afternoon and on stage in the evening. She realised then a fantasist had been born. Helen McCrory
Morning Mother Stage Born Had House House Of Commons She Court Been Intended Afternoon Realised Commons Then Evening
Working in films, there are hundreds of odd moments. Helen McCrory
Films Hundreds Odd Working Moments
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
Library Others Our Books Between Like Look Pieces Because Go Office Arty Little Use Awards Actually
I love live performance and have huge admiration for people who can really do it. It's the same with music: I'll play a record and think that I'm not really into country or ragga. But, if it's live and the musicians are good, I'll listen to pretty much anything. Helen McCrory
Love Music Good Musicians People Country Live Think Admiration Record Pretty Pretty Much Anything Performance Huge Same Listen Anything Much Really Who Live Performance Play
The only time I ever spend alone is when I am working or when my husband is away filming. I put the kids to bed and have an hour and a half in the evening for myself. Helen McCrory
Alone Time Myself Husband Half Spend Kids Only Only Time Put Hour Hour And A Half Bed Am Working Evening Away Ever Filming
To be honest, my husband and my children are my best friends. Helen McCrory
Best Husband To Be Honest Friends Children Honest
My own parents were very un-neurotic, so I never thought that I had to change enormously in order to become a parent. Helen McCrory
Change Thought Parents Become Own Parent My Own Never Had Were Very Order
I've often sat down with people talking about a film I've been in, and they haven't realised I was in it. Helen McCrory
People Down About Talking Been Often Realised Sat Film
I love theatre because it's just me and the audience. It's the litmus test in acting, to be able to sustain a performance over one, two or three hours. Helen McCrory
Love Me Theatre Three Able Performance Over Hours Because Audience Test Just Sustain Litmus Litmus Test Acting Two
A script is only as good as the director who's making it. Helen McCrory
Good Director Only Making Script
So often when you meet child actors, they're weird - they're freaks. No, I mean it, they're really odd people. Helen McCrory
You People Meet Freaks Weird Odd Child Child Actors Often Mean Really Actor
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
Age Women Think Teenage Teenage Years Spent Paris Look Years Want Forties Dad

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