LOS ANGELES: Award-winning actress Helen Mirren has revealed she sometimes “just loses it” and once destroyed a public telephone in a fit of rage.

The award-winning actress has revealed she is not always as “docile” as she may appear, and can easily “see red”, lose her temper and destroy her surroundings if she is really riled.

She said, “I’m actually quite docile, but sometimes I just lose it. I literally see red and it’s as if my head explodes. I often start crying when that’s the case. I generally cry a lot. And of course I’ve thrown stuff around in rage. I remember wrecking a public pay phone once by tearing it off the wall with all my might.”