Veteran actress Helen Mirren has revealed she never wanted to be a Hollywood star.
The 70-year-old actress said she never imagined she would be able to follow her career dreams but initially set her sights on theatre work, reported Femalefirst.
"It was never my ambition to be a Hollywood star. I never even imagined that being an actress would be possible. I came from a family background where that world just seemed like a fortress, something you couldn't get into.
"I wasn't thinking about Hollywood because I wanted to be a theatre actress. I didn't even go to the cinema very often," she said.
Mirren initially followed the advice of her parents to train as a teacher instead.
"They wanted me to become a teacher not an actress! So I did train as a teacher.
