Helen Mirren is an Oscar-winning actress with decades of experience, but she tells PEOPLE she still gets 'terrified' when she starts on a new movie or series. 'You never know if you're going to step up,

Helen Mirren is sharing a shocking confession. The “Thursday Murder Club” star, 80, revealed that even after six decades in Hollywood, she still gets “absolutely terrified” when she starts on a new project. “I think it’s because every project that you go into is an unknown,” Mirren admitted to People.

Helen Mirren may be a critically acclaimed actress, though she admitted to still being "terrified" whenever she starts a new acting job.

Helen Mirren says she doesn't like to be patronized. In an interview with People, the Academy Award winning actor, 80, revealed the two phrases that she doesn't like people saying to her as an older woman.

Her streak's lasted 60 years—and counting. Helen Mirren 's illustrious career has seen her take the spotlight both on screen and stage, but she recently revealed the long-standing military workout she's been doing for the past 60 years behind the scenes, too.

Helen Mirren is against casting a woman to play James Bond as speculation swirls around the actors vying to portray the character after Daniel Craig.

Helen Mirren said James Bond should not be played by a woman because 'it just doesn't work' in an August 2025 interview. She previously criticized the Bond franchise in March 2025, stating that she "never liked the way women were" portrayed in it.

Helen Mirren revealed why remarks about holding hands with her husband, Taylor Hackford, make her feel disrespected