Helen McCrory quotes

Helen McCrory was a British actress acclaimed for her compelling performances on stage and screen. Notable roles include Polly Gray in "Peaky Blinders" and Narcissa Malfoy in the "Harry Potter" films. She was celebrated for her versatility and commanding presence. Here are 32 of her quotes:

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

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

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.

Helen McCrory

Every time, at any point of my life, I think now is always the best age to be.

Helen McCrory

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

Helen McCrory

What really matters to me is what my peers think.

Helen McCrory

It's what people create that makes my heart stop.

Helen McCrory

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.

Helen McCrory

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

Helen McCrory

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.

Helen McCrory

A script is only as good as the director who's making it.

Helen McCrory

I think it's very important not to grow up with the unhealthy amount of attention that is sometimes put on people because they are 'actors'.

Helen McCrory

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

Helen McCrory

Working in films, there are hundreds of odd moments.

Helen McCrory

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

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

Helen McCrory

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

Helen McCrory

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

I used to say that theatre was my favourite thing. But the more I do film, the more I appreciate it.

Helen McCrory

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

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

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

Helen McCrory