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Veteran actress Helen Mirren says she did not define herself as a feminist until "quite recently".
Updated : May 25, 2017, 09:47 AM IST
Veteran actress Helen Mirren says she did not define herself as a feminist until "quite recently".
The 71-year-old Hollywood star says even though she always lived like a feminist, she was not a part of the movement, reported Femalefirst.
"I didn't define myself as a feminist until quite recently, but I had always lived like a feminist and believed in the obvious; that women were as capable and as energetic and as inspiring as men. But to join a movement called feminism seemed too didactic, too political.
"However, I have come to understand that feminism is not an abstract idea but a necessity if we - and really by 'we,' I mean you guys - are to move us forward and not backward into ignorance and fearful jealousy. Now, I am a declared feminist.
And I would encourage you to be the same," Mirren says.
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