Helen Thermopolis [first lines]
Time for school! Stop daydreaming, you'll be late for school.
Tied for 4th most-quoted character in The Princess Diaries (2001): in 5 of its 52 quotes
Most scenes with: Mia Thermopolis (3), Clarisse Renaldi (3)
Scenes with Helen Thermopolis
5 scenes Helen Thermopolis 
Helen, if Amelia refuses to accept the throne, then Genovia will cease to exist as we know it.
Helen Thermopolis So the future of your country is in the hands of my 15-year-old?
[sees Clarisse in her house]
Oh, this is a nightmare! I'm going back to bed! [starts to walk out]
Helen Thermopolis [desperately]
Mia, the-the three of us have to talk.
[bitterly]
Oh, OK. Um, is there maybe something else about me and my life that just maybe I might want to know about? Um-oh no, are you two waiting to take me on a talk show somewhere and to let me know I have a twin sister who's a duchess?
You have a cousin who's a contessa. Fondly known as Bartholomew. Actually, we call him Pookie.
Helen Thermopolis This is getting us nowhere! Talk to me!
I can't talk to you right now. I'm late for a meeting with my guidance counselor.
I'm late for a meeting with Spain and Portugal!
Helen Thermopolis But a very, very cute asparagus!
