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Helen McCrory Biography

Helen Elizabeth McCrory, OBE (born 17 August 1968) is an English actress.

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

Child, Children, Freaks, Mean, People

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

Awards, Book, Look, Office

America is such a nation of suppressed emotion, and when you arrive in L. A. , you can smell the fear. It's the most alien country I've ever been to.

America, Country, Emotion, Smell, Suppressed

What really matters to me is what my peers think.

Thinking, Peers, Matter, Think, Matters

To be honest, my husband and my children are my best friends.

Children, Friends, Honest, Husband, My Best Friend

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.

Camera, Cameras, Lying, Theatre, True, Truthful

I've often sat down with people talking about a film I've been in, and they haven't realised I was in it.

Down, Film, People, Realised, Sat, Talking

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.

Children, Lonely, School, Think

My own parents were very un-neurotic, so I never thought that I had to change enormously in order to become a parent.

Become, Neurotic, Order, Parent, Parents

If you're constantly frightened of being unhappy, how bloody exhausting must that be?

Bloody, Constantly, Exhausting, Frightened, Unhappy

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.

Television, Firsts, Episodes, Gambon, Entertainer, Playing

I love London, and it's a privilege for my children to grow up here.

Children, Growing Up, London, Privilege

As I've got older, I feel more confident in my body, so wouldn't want to tamper with it.

Body, Confident, Feels, Older, Tamper, Want

I listen to Radio 4 all the time. I didn't go to university, so that's my further education.

Further, Further Education, Radio, University

People are not considerate of others. They tend not to consider themselves as all living together, but see themselves only as individuals.

Individual, Individuals, Living, People, Together

I was a real art freak when I was a teenager.

Art, Real, Teenager

I feel as though my life is bathed in golden sunlight. And the really wonderful thing is that I know it.

Golden, Life Is, Sunlight, Thing, Though, Wonderful

Actually, I'm looking forward to being 50. Because to me, that's when a woman is at the pinnacle of her femininity and her womanhood.

Femininity, Forward, Looking, Looking Forward, Pinnacle

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

Change Is Good, Frightened, Good, Teaches, Thinking

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.

Lying, Sleep, Feel Better, Wake, Interval

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