On becoming Dame Helen Mirren in 2003, "In England, it`s a big deal. I do feel it`s a great honor. But I had to think about it quite seriously for a couple of weeks. It does sort of squash you into the establishment thing. In the end, my baser feelings go...
Actors are rogues and vagabonds. Or they ought to be. I can`t stand it when they behave like solicitors from Penge." "I`m a would-be rebel. The good girl who`d like to be a bad one.