With her blonde hair and dazzling eyes, there's no denying Helen Mirren was striking when she was younger. That being said, the actor was quite modest about her appearance. In an interview with Allure, the dame dished, "It was the time of Twiggy, and I did not look like a twig. My cheeks were too fat, legs were too short, breasts too big."

In fact, the beloved celeb still gets nervous to this day — but more so about her profession than her looks. "I'm always very insecure and nervous before I do any job," Mirren told The Guardian in 2015. "It would be so nice not to have to be nervous anymore, not to have to be afraid. But the other thing you learn is that your fear and nervousness and insecurity is your own business, nobody else's."

Looking back at her career, Mirren definitely has some words of wisdom to share with herself and others. She told Allure that she'd stop being so "bloody polite" and start saying "F**k off" more. "It's hard to explain how difficult it is to overcome the culture. You become a voice in the wilderness. No one wants to listen."

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