Helen Mirren is reflecting on getting older — specifically on all the things she’s grateful to have seen and experienced in her lifetime.
In a recent interview on The Standard’s Brave New World Podcast with Evgeny Lebedev, the Golda star discussed how it feels to be 79.
“You’ve moved through your life, and you are at the other end of your life,” she told the host. “You’re at the place you never imagined you’d ever reach when you’re 20, or 30, or even 40. But the reality is you do reach it — if you’re lucky. And that’s the number one thing you realize … is your good fortune at getting to be [alive.] I’m 79, and you lose people along the way.”
The Queenstar continued, “I always say, ‘It’s so sad that Kurt Cobain died when he did.’ Because he never got to see GPS. It’s the most wonderful thing, my little blue spot walking …