I don't think it's good to try and change anyone. The trick and the mystery - of relationships and life in general - is to learn to live with the bits you don't like.
Interpretation
Accepting others as they are is crucial for healthy relationships.
This quote by Helen Mirren emphasizes the importance of accepting imperfections in ourselves and others. Rather than striving to change someone, which can lead to frustration and disappointment, it suggests that the key to successful relationships lies in embracing and living with the aspects we may not particularly like.
In practice
This quote can be used in a discussion about relationship dynamics during a counseling session.
There is that awful moment when you realize that you're falling in love. That should be the most joyful moment, and actually it's not. It's always a moment that's full of fear because you know, as night follows day, the joy is going to rapidly be followed by some pain or other. All the angst of a relationship.
People often ask me whether I prefer theater or film, and the answer is that I prefer the one I'm not doing: The grass is always greener.
I've been working every year since I started acting, and I got many awards before I won the Oscar for 'The Queen.'
I don't like the word 'strong,' because a strong character is never an interesting character. A character is made interesting by their vulnerabilities and their weaknesses.
I believe kids shouldn't be taught Shakespeare. They should experience it first by seeing a great production.
I am in a fabulously lucky position in that I get to wear beautiful, beautiful gowns for functions, which I can then give back. That way, they're not sitting in my wardrobe with me looking at them and feeling guilty. I love that, and I think when people have a fabulous function to go to, I'd recommend renting.
Thank you for leaving us alone but giving us enough attention to boost our egos.
We do know that no one gets wise enough to really understand the heart of another, though it is the task of our life to try.
And when she was good she was very very good. But when she was bad she was horrid.
She wanted to leave, she wanted to lie alone face down on her bed and savor the vile piquancy of the moment, and go back down the lines of branching consequences to the point before the destruction began. She needed to contemplate with eyes closed the full richness of what she had lost, what she had given away, and to anticipate the new regime.
Amputees suffer pains, cramps, itches in the leg that is no longer there. That is how she felt without him, feeling his presence where he no longer was.
You are in a partnership with all other human beings, not a contest to be judged better than some and worse than others.
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