Helen Mirren talks about turning 80 and how to remain ‘youthful': 'It's important to take care of your health, but….'

Time of India

25-06-2025

The iconic actress Dame
Helen Mirren
, who is well known for her roles in 'White Bird', 'Barbie', 'Golda', and 'The Duke', has opened up about the secret to her 'youthful looks'. As the actress turns 80 soon, she revealed all about how people should maintain their young looks without having to 'live like a nun'.
Helen
Mirren
on remaining young
Mirren, 79, recently shared his tips and tricks on how an individual can remain 'youthful' even as they reach an older age. During an interview with Grazia Magazine, the actress revealed that her secret to remaining young is to quit smoking completely.
In the interview, she shared, 'Don't smoke; that's rule number one, and do everything, but don't do too much of anything. That's a great way of looking at things, because it's important to take care of your health, but you also don't want to live like a nun.'
The actress even talked about how, even after all these years, she is still not used to the glamour and attention. She stated, 'It always surprises me when someone comes up to me in a supermarket or an airport and says that they think I'm great, but it's lovely. This sort of thing is fun. It's fabulous. It's fantastic. It doesn't feel right to say that I'm proud of being a role model to people, but it's a great feeling.'
Mirren on how she 'treats' herself
The actress also delved into how she takes self-care and how she 'treats' herself, saying, 'My idea of a treat is going into a drugstore and buying myself another lip liner.
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I sit at my little desk at home and can spend hours putting my makeup on. It's something I've always loved to do.'
She continued, sharing how she sticks to certain products and rarely shifts her focus. 'It's not that I don't like trying new products. The innovation is amazing, but it's heartbreaking when you hit on a foundational mascara that you love, the golden chalice, only to find that a few years later, that has been discontinued,' Mirren detailed in the interview.
Changing paradigms of cinema
The 'Barbie' actress also addressed how things have changed for men and women in the entertainment industry. She shared how it is no longer a man-centric job and how she can now find a lot more women on set compared to her earlier days on set.
She delved into the matter, saying, 'When I arrived on the scene as an actress, I'd step onto set and there would be 150 men and three women, almost exclusively, working in the costume and hair and makeup departments.
Now, when I walk onto a film set, maybe a quarter of the people there are women, and I'm talking about women directors, cinematographers, women in the sound department, and in the electrical department. It's moving.
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Dame's upcoming project
Dame Helen's next project is a murder mystery classic with a twist of modernity. The film titled 'The Thursday Murder Club' is all set for a release worldwide on August 28 this year. Adopted from Richard Osman's book of the same name, the plot of the film follows 4 friends who, while living in a retirement home, form the Thursday Murder Club to solve cold cases. The team is headed by an infamous former spy. The film follows the quartet as they manage to become a part of a live murder.