--- title: Helen Mirren Plans to Be the "Nastiest of All Nasty Women" description: The beloved actress shared a number of pieces of advice after being honored for her career at ELLE's recent Women in Hollywood event. canonical: https://time.com/4545228/helen-mirren-nasty-women/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-25T21:18:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:37.876Z og:title: Helen Mirren Plans to Be the 'Nastiest of All Nasty Women' og:description: The actress shared some wise, witty advice after being honored for her career. og:url: https://time.com/4545228/helen-mirren-nasty-women/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e4009675cc28ab6/6988ab85fb4eacd41a88f9e0/helen-mirren-elle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4780 og:image:height: 2689 og:image:alt: 23rd Annual ELLE Women In Hollywood Awards - Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Helen Mirren Plans to Be the 'Nastiest of All Nasty Women' twitter:description: The actress shared some wise, witty advice after being honored for her career. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e4009675cc28ab6/6988ab85fb4eacd41a88f9e0/helen-mirren-elle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Helen Mirren Plans on Being the 'Nastiest of All Nasty Women' From Here on Out > Sponsored content. 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Elizabeth Warren used an offhand remark from the third presidential debate against Donald Trump Monday._  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 25, 2016 9:18 PM UTC  Honoree Helen Mirren speaks onstage during the 23rd Annual ELLE Women In Hollywood Awards at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on October 24, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. Honoree Helen Mirren speaks onstage during the 23rd Annual ELLE Women In Hollywood Awards at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on October 24, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. Frazer Harrison—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 25, 2016 9:18 PM UTC Dame Helen Mirren has [never been one to mince words.](http://time.com/4359030/helen-mirren-kim-kardashian-curves-butt/?iid=sr-link4) And at this week’s [_ELLE_ Women in Hollywood event](http://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/news/a40259/helen-mirren-life-advice-elle-women-in-hollywood-speech/) in Los Angeles, the [loved and respected actress](http://time.com/3971279/helen-mirren-best-roles/?iid=sr-link8) added to her forthright record with a sharp, wise and witty thank-you speech after she was honored as one of the magazine’s “legends” alongside Lupita Nyong’o, Kristen Stewart, Amy Adams [and more.](http://www.elle.com/culture/news/a40083/elle-women-in-hollywood-2016-issue-on-newsstands-augmented-reality/) “To make you proud that you chose to honor me tonight, I am going to be the nastiest of all nasty women,” she told the assembled glitzy crowd, alluding to one of the U.S. election’s [more recent and memorable memes](http://time.com/4537960/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-nasty-woman-debate/?iid=sr-link1) before launching into her list of six important pieces of advice to bestow upon other women. That advice includes: never drink alcohol (unless celebrating, upset, or on a day that ends with the letter _Y_ — luckily, quite a flexible policy); don’t be in a rush to get married; give your partner freedom to achieve their ambitions; always split aces, eights and nines on the blackjack table; connect with friends daily — beyond social media; and “ignore anyone who judges the way you look, especially if he or she is some anonymous miserable creep lurking on the Internet or is a bloated, small-headed dinosaury-handed candidate for President.” Mirren also mentioned that punctuality was one of the secrets to her success. Sounds on point. 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