Five Helen Mirren Quotes About Age To Celebrate Her 71st Birthday

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    Photo: Rosie Perez, Barbra Streisand, Larry King and Helen Mirren attend New York Friar's Club 'Barbra Streisand Room' ribbon cutting at New York Friars Club on June 13, 2016 in New York City. Quote: “The weird thing is, you get more comfortable in yourself, even as time is giving you less reason for it. When you’re young and beautiful, you’re paranoid and miserable. I think one of the great advantages of getting older is that you let go of certain things.” —The Guardian
    1/5 Photo: Rosie Perez, Barbra Streisand, Larry King and Helen Mirren attend New York Friar's Club 'Barbra Streisand Room' ribbon cutting at New York Friars Club on June 13, 2016 in New York City. Quote: “The weird thing is, you get more comfortable in yourself, even as time is giving you less reason for it. When you’re young and beautiful, you’re paranoid and miserable. I think one of the great advantages of getting older is that you let go of certain things.” —The Guardian
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    Photo: Helen Mirren attends the Goldene Kamera 2016 on February 6, 2016 in Hamburg, Germany. Quote: “The hardest period in life is one's twenties. It's a shame because you're your most gorgeous and you're physically in peak condition. But it's actually when you're most insecure and full of self-doubt. When you don't know what's going to happen, it's frightening.” —Esquire
    2/5 Photo: Helen Mirren attends the Goldene Kamera 2016 on February 6, 2016 in Hamburg, Germany. Quote: “The hardest period in life is one's twenties. It's a shame because you're your most gorgeous and you're physically in peak condition. But it's actually when you're most insecure and full of self-doubt. When you don't know what's going to happen, it's frightening.” —Esquire
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    Photo: ctress Helen Mirren attends the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 30, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. Quote: “We're all idiots when we're young. We don't think we are, but we are. So we should be.” —Esquire
    3/5 Photo: ctress Helen Mirren attends the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 30, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. Quote: “We're all idiots when we're young. We don't think we are, but we are. So we should be.” —Esquire
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    Photo: English actress Helen Mirren, circa 1995. Quote: “People become more interesting from about 25 - they develop character and their personalities come out.” —Independent
    4/5 Photo: English actress Helen Mirren, circa 1995. Quote: “People become more interesting from about 25 - they develop character and their personalities come out.” —Independent
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    Photo: Helen Mirren accepts Best Actress in a Leading Role award for ?The Queen? at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Quote: “When you're 16, 30 seems ancient. When you're 30, 45 seems ancient. When you're 45, 60 seems ancient. When you're 60, nothing seems ancient.” —The Arizona Republic
    5/5 Photo: Helen Mirren accepts Best Actress in a Leading Role award for ?The Queen? at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Quote: “When you're 16, 30 seems ancient. When you're 30, 45 seems ancient. When you're 45, 60 seems ancient. When you're 60, nothing seems ancient.” —The Arizona Republic

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Today marks the 71st Birthday of Dame Helen Mirren. The multi talented actress hasn't showed any sign of slwoing down. She's currently working on the eighth instalment of the Fast And Furious franchise Fast 8. She's also fillimg Collateral Beauty, an upcoming drama which also stars Will Smith, Kate Winslet and Keira Knightley.

Last year the Oscar winning actress became the oldest spokesperson for L'Oreal's beauty products. She made headlines after revealing she asked L'Oreal not to digitally retouch her images. 

“All my life I’ve been looking at 16-year-old girls selling beauty, so I think it’s fabulous that they’re using a 70-year-old woman to sell products to other 60 to 80-year-old women.”

See our top 10 favourite quotes by Helen above.