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Israel Film Festival Honoree Helen Mirren: ‘The Great Thing That Israel Has Is Israelis’
by Jacob Bryant
October 29, 2015

Upon being honored at the 29th Israel Film Festival with the Career Achievement Award Wednesday at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, Helen Mirren recalled her first time visiting the country and said it changed her career. “I was thinking about the building blocks that lead you to becoming the person you will become,” Mirren said. “I was thinking that my visit to Israel in those days was a part, not a direct connection, but it’s absolutely a part of the building blocks that have made me the actress I am and doing the kind of work that I do.”…“I love Israel, I think it is a great, great country. I think through all the difficulties and all the pains that Israel has suffered and will in the future, the great thing that Israel has is Israelis. They will guide you through. READ MORE