'I appreciate the lack of romance': Helen Mirren talks about her unsentimental marriage to director Taylor Hackford
Miss Mirren has revealed they don’t send each other Valentine cards and regularly forget to mark birthdays with a present.
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Helen Mirren has revealed she and her husband don¿t send each other
Valentine cards and regularly forget to mark birthdays with a present
The 67-year-old actress only tied the knot 11 years into her relationship with Mr Hackford.
The ceremony took place on New Year’s Eve in 1997, which would be regarded as a romantic gesture by many, but it is one of the few to appear through the years – and it appears this is the key to their successful relationship.
Miss Mirren has now revealed: ‘Taylor and I aren’t remotely romantic with each other. And actually we appreciate the lack of romance in the other person. I’d be completely horrified if Taylor gave me a Valentine’s card! That’s not our sort of relationship at all – we would pour cold water on that sort of thing.
Hitchcock: The new film looks at the sexless marriage of the acclaimed director and his wife Alma played by Mirren
‘We
even forget to get each other birthday presents – I’m always thinking
the day before, “Oh, I must get Taylor something for his birthday.”
Without being corny, we try simply to be considerate to each other every
day rather than lavishing each other with gifts.’
Miss Mirren, who is currently starring in Hitchcock playing the role of Alma Reville, wife of film director Alfred Hitchcock.
The film looks at the sexless marriage of the acclaimed director and although Miss Mirren admits sex is not what makes marriages last, for her it is clearly important.
Exclusive: To read the interview with Helen Mirren in full see the February issue of Woman & Home out now.
The
Oscar winner once told an interviewer many years ago that she always
set her alarm for early in the morning so she could make love.
And it seems passion rather than date nights that work for Miss Mirren.
In the interview with Woman & Home, she said: ‘When we’re together, we’ll occasionally go out for dinner, but we don’t need date nights. Being with Taylor is exciting and I feel as if I’m on a permanent date with him.
‘Communication is so important and we do talk a lot. Actually, I probably don’t talk to Taylor quite as much as he’d like me to – I’m not the kind of woman to constantly ask how he’s feeling or to want to pry if he’s quiet.
‘I’m quite self-contained and happy just to let people be. But we chat to each other about our day and things going on. Taylor absolutely loves a good gossip.
‘ We have a shared passion for film, of course, and a love of adventure.’
Miss Mirren began her acting career with the Royal Shakespeare Company in the 1960s.
Widely acclaimed and best known in recent years for her portrayal of the monarch in The Queen for which she was given an Academy Award, Miss Mirren has also picked up four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes and four Emmy Awards.
But despite her decades of experience, Miss Mirren has admitted she is not immune to stage fright and it is her husband who helps to calm her through a bouquet of yellow roses.
She said: ‘I still suffer terribly from stage fright. I get sick with fear. Not every night, but at the beginning and on occasion – not necessarily when I’m expecting it. You just have to cope with it – take it on the chin and work through it, trying to use the adrenalin to perform.
‘The one thing that Taylor does always do for me, though, is to send me a bouquet of yellow roses on a first night for luck. When they arrive, I know they’re from him and I love that. And they are all the more special because he’s not constantly giving me things.’
Several years ago, Miss Mirren admitted she only married for ‘economic’ reasons.
She said: ‘ In the end, with our two families becoming very close, there was no longer any reason for us not to be married. And anyway, the estate laws of both our countries preferred us to be married.
‘It was never my intention to marry anybody. Economics are basically the only reason to get married, but I’m very glad I did it.’
Modernist:
Helen Mirren has revealed she and her husband don¿t send each other
Valentine cards and regularly forget to mark birthdays with a presentThe ceremony took place on New Year’s Eve in 1997, which would be regarded as a romantic gesture by many, but it is one of the few to appear through the years – and it appears this is the key to their successful relationship.
Miss Mirren has now revealed: ‘Taylor and I aren’t remotely romantic with each other. And actually we appreciate the lack of romance in the other person. I’d be completely horrified if Taylor gave me a Valentine’s card! That’s not our sort of relationship at all – we would pour cold water on that sort of thing.
Hitchcock: The new film looks at the sexless marriage of the acclaimed director and his wife Alma played by MirrenMiss Mirren, who is currently starring in Hitchcock playing the role of Alma Reville, wife of film director Alfred Hitchcock.
The film looks at the sexless marriage of the acclaimed director and although Miss Mirren admits sex is not what makes marriages last, for her it is clearly important.
Exclusive: To read the interview with Helen Mirren in full see the February issue of Woman & Home out now.And it seems passion rather than date nights that work for Miss Mirren.
In the interview with Woman & Home, she said: ‘When we’re together, we’ll occasionally go out for dinner, but we don’t need date nights. Being with Taylor is exciting and I feel as if I’m on a permanent date with him.
‘Communication is so important and we do talk a lot. Actually, I probably don’t talk to Taylor quite as much as he’d like me to – I’m not the kind of woman to constantly ask how he’s feeling or to want to pry if he’s quiet.
‘I’m quite self-contained and happy just to let people be. But we chat to each other about our day and things going on. Taylor absolutely loves a good gossip.
‘ We have a shared passion for film, of course, and a love of adventure.’
Miss Mirren began her acting career with the Royal Shakespeare Company in the 1960s.
Widely acclaimed and best known in recent years for her portrayal of the monarch in The Queen for which she was given an Academy Award, Miss Mirren has also picked up four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes and four Emmy Awards.
But despite her decades of experience, Miss Mirren has admitted she is not immune to stage fright and it is her husband who helps to calm her through a bouquet of yellow roses.
She said: ‘I still suffer terribly from stage fright. I get sick with fear. Not every night, but at the beginning and on occasion – not necessarily when I’m expecting it. You just have to cope with it – take it on the chin and work through it, trying to use the adrenalin to perform.
‘The one thing that Taylor does always do for me, though, is to send me a bouquet of yellow roses on a first night for luck. When they arrive, I know they’re from him and I love that. And they are all the more special because he’s not constantly giving me things.’
Several years ago, Miss Mirren admitted she only married for ‘economic’ reasons.
She said: ‘ In the end, with our two families becoming very close, there was no longer any reason for us not to be married. And anyway, the estate laws of both our countries preferred us to be married.
‘It was never my intention to marry anybody. Economics are basically the only reason to get married, but I’m very glad I did it.’
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