Snoop Dogg Quotes

Icy and earthy, Helen Mirren is a rare, regal presence in a movie age that values the plebeian over the patrician and mass over class. Lauded with an Oscar and an Emmy for playing both Queen Elizabeths, Mirren has matched her cool aristocracy with a boldness of performance and display.

I have walked majestically with kings and queens and presidents and other heads of states.

There are moments when you're stepping out of a really nice car on to a red carpet, and you feel inside like, 'This is quite nice,' but I'm never whisked off my feet.

You avoid the hype while you're working, you have to, but the premiere is the one night of the year where you can enjoy it.

I don't like dressing up, and I don't like putting on make-up or doing the red carpet. The only red carpet events I go to are if I'm supporting a friend.

My vanity was flattered by having been mistaken for our revered sovereign. I ordered a banquet to be got ready for the following evening, under the trees before my house, and invited the whole town.

Luxury is a state of mind.

Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts.

There stands the shadow of a glorious name.

When I dressed up for visiting Kings and Queens it would take me an hour. When I went to the provinces it would take me twice the time. They needed a standard…. I must be glamorous because I am representing the people

I love getting dressed up in a suit because I don't do it all the time.

There is dignity in being a celebrity. Let us not lose that dignity.

There are two words I hate and despise and don't want to hear: red carpet and iconic.

Every couple of seconds out here they're honoring somebody. You've got to get dressed, go in and sit down. Invariably somebody makes a speech.

The man who invented the red carpet needed his head examined.

I represent luxury, and that's what I love.

The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on the throne at noon, a pageant in the evening.

As a general rule, I don't plan to travel with my Oscars, but we may have to make an exception.

Red carpets and dressing up are a part of work that I enjoy less than some people.

One of the things I love about Africa is the amount of dignity and respect and humility you see all the time. You don't realise how often you're disrespected until you are surrounded by respect.

Winning the Outstanding Contribution award is great, because you know you have won in advance. Previously, I have been really nervous during the ceremony because you have no idea if you are going to get called up on stage. This time I could relax and enjoy myself.

I can tell you that going to the Oscars is not as exciting as people think, at least for me.

It is important to gain respect rather than sympathy.

If one is respected, it is only because one shows one's respect for others first.

I do not call majesty that pomp which surrounds kings or that exterior magnificence which dazzles the vulgar. That is but the reflection of majesty and not majesty itself. Majesty is the image of the grandeur of God in the prince.