Helen Mirren movie quotes

“Selling love will make you rich. That's what my mother taught me. Just don't put your heart in it.”
Helen Mirren - Grace Bontempo

“- Gustav Bloch-Bauer: And now... as you go... I ask you only one thing... my liebling.
- Young Maria Altmann: What is it, papa?
- Gustav Bloch-Bauer: Remember us.”
Allan Corduner - Gustav Bloch-Bauer
Helen Mirren - Young Maria Altmann

“- Hedda Hopper: Now what do you do when you love something but it stops loving you back?
- Louis B. Mayer: You fight.
- Hedda Hopper: No, no, no. You love it more until it surrenders.”
Helen Mirren - Hedda Hopper
Richard Portnow - Louis B. Mayer

“- Alfred Hitchcock: I'm under extraordinary pressures on this picture and the least you can do is give me your full support.
- Alma Reville: Full support! We've mortgaged our house! I'm your wife! I celebrate with you when the reviews are good. I cry for you when they are bad! I put up with all those people who look through me as if I were...” (continue)(continue reading)
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Alfred Hitchcock
Helen Mirren - Alma Reville

“Every time your friend runs for re-election or conducts a hearing, you drop his name to me until we give him some coverage... but he finally does something that actually might sell some newspapers, you render mute. It's, it's - incongruous!”

Helen Mirren - Cameron Lynne

“If life is a race, you beat me to the finish. But if life is a boxing match, I'm the last one standing.”
Helen Mirren - Maria Altmann

“The role of savior does not suit mediocrity.”
Helen Mirren - Mrs. Tingle

“Balmoral always seems to breath peace and make one forget the world and its sad turmoils.”

Helen Mirren - The Queen

“- Alfred Hitchcock: I will never find a 'Hitchcock' blonde as beautiful as you.
- Alma Reville: Oh, Hitch. I've waited thirty years to hear you say that.
- Alfred Hitchcock: And that my dear, is why they call me the Master of Suspense.”
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Alfred Hitchcock
Helen Mirren - Alma Reville

“- Mrs. Tingle: Don't tease us, Mr. Berry. When you shoot, make it count.
- Brian Berry: It wasn't... I mean... I didn't think that...
- Mrs. Tingle: No, because that would require a cerebrum, and a few other missing parts.”

Helen Mirren - Mrs. Tingle
John Patrick White - Brian Berry

“- Maria Altmann: A week ago you weren't even interested and now you're all over me like a rash. What happened?
- Randol Schoenberg: Well, against my better judgment, I think I like you.”
Helen Mirren - Maria Altmann
Ryan Reynolds - Randol Schoenberg

“Scariness is the true measure of a monster. If you are not scary, what kind of a monster are you?”
Helen Mirren - Dean Hardscrabble

“What keeps me going is that through all the lies, I know the truth. We had it. Him and me for a moment. Love and truth together. Finally. And forever. Hey, how many people can say that?”
Helen Mirren - Grace Bontempo

“Even the innocent sometimes burn at the stake.”
Helen Mirren - Mrs. Tingle

“- The Queen: What did she say?
- Prince Philip: Something about Diana managing to be even more annoying dead than alive.
- The Queen: Just make sure you never let the boys hear you talk like that!”

Helen Mirren - The Queen
James Cromwell - Prince Philip

“- Bruce Cutler: She shot herself.
- Linda Kenney Baden: You bet she did!
- Bruce Cutler: Why?
- Linda Kenney Baden: Not our problem anymore.”
Jeffrey Tambor - Bruce Cutler
Helen Mirren - Linda Kenney Baden

“It was the knife that, a moment later, cut off her scream, and her head. Charming. Doris Day should do it as a musical!”
Helen Mirren - Alma Reville

“- Han Cho Bai: Ready to kill this son of a bitch?
- Victoria: Abso-bloody-lutely.”
Byung-hun Lee - Han Cho Bai
Helen Mirren - Victoria

“- The Queen: I declare that my whole life, rather it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service.
- Queen Mother: Your whole life. That is a commitment to God, as well as your people.”
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Sylvia Syms - Queen Mother

“- Gino Carella: I'm your husband!
- Lilia Herriton: And I have the money!”
Giovanni Guidelli - Gino Carella
Helen Mirren - Lilia Herriton

“That's the way we do things in this country, quietly, with dignity. That's what the rest of the world has always admired us for.”

Helen Mirren - The Queen

“- Mrs. Tingle: You've been sober, how long is it now?
- Principal Potter: Four years.
- Mrs. Tingle: There! I knew it was this week. Me and dates, you know, that's the curse of being a history teacher. Well congratulations, that's quite an accomplishment. Just think, not one sip of alcohol in over four years, that's almost... unbelievable.”
Helen Mirren - Mrs. Tingle
Michael McKean - Principal Potter

“- Tanya Kirbuk: I didn't know you brought liquor on board. It is forbidden.
- Dr. Heywood Floyd: You think I'd step foot on this tub sober?”
Helen Mirren - Tanya Kirbuk
Roy Scheider - Dr. Heywood Floyd

“- Harold: Listen, I wouldn't hurt you for the world.
- Victoria: I'm so scared, Harold. I don't want to die. Don't let them kill us.
- Harold: You won't die. It's alright. It'll be alright.”
Bob Hoskins - Harold
Helen Mirren - Victoria

“You are my tenth Prime Minister Mr Blair. My first of course was Winston Churchill, he sat in your chair in a frock coat and top hat. And he was kind enough to give a shy young girl like me quite an education.”
Helen Mirren - The Queen