Dame Helen Mirren tried to “convince” herself to have children. The 66-year-old actress insists she doesn’t regret never having a family as she has never felt maternal urges, though she admits in the past she tried hard to change her mind. She said, “It’s not that I don’t love children, but I never wanted to have them. I really tried to want it at one point. But I never convinced myself.”
The Debt star believes her decision not to have children is beneficial to the world, as she believes it is overpopulated. She added, “I think some men and women just don’t have a deep urge to procreate. I think still it is very fine not to want children. There are far too many people in the world. It’s my contribution to ecology.” Another reason why Helen did not want children is her “sense of adventure”, as she hates being tied down to one place for too long.