Helena Bonham Carter Quotes

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Helena Bonham Carter

Profession : Actress

Birth : May 26, 1966

I'm drawn to emotionally damaged characters because there is more to unlock.

Helena Bonham Carter

I was weird right from the start. It's just that you can't ever expect people to get you. And I do think that really did mess with my head, being well-known young, when you really don't know who you are.

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It took me ages to grow into being a woman, into being happy with it.

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I'm a very good sleeper.

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I think my mouth just opens and I spontaneously say things that occur to me.

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I'm always attracted to lower budget, not because it's lower budget, but because they tend to be better scripts.

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But it's often been the case, I've done so many countless small, independent films that really 3.2 people have seen, so you never know. You do it for the joy of the part and not necessarily expect anyone to see the final product.

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When you're up for an Oscar, you just get offered everything. It's fantastic, but a lot of it you're completely inappropriate for.

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A film actor is just a victim of directors and editors.

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Mothers are the heart of any household. I try to spend as much time with my children as I possibly can while also fulfilling my professional duties. It is tricky, but I think I manage it.

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My father fell really chronically ill when I was 13 and that's when I phoned up an agent and started to act.

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When you write for very young children what they want is something familiar and safe and stereotyped.

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I was reading William Shawcross's biography of the Queen Mother, dressed in my witch outfit! And you know what? It was a really good mix; it was a therapeutic mix.

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Fairytales have always got to have that scary quality, as long as you make them laugh.

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Everybody has an inferiority complex when they step into a room. But then when you have children and you get older, it doesn't really matter. When I was young I had so many inferiority complexes. I had an inferiority complex because I didn't go to university. I had an inferiority complex because I didn't train.

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I never really wanted to grow up. I grew up really young. I moved out when I was 13 - that's when I started acting.

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I've got Tourette's, practically. I'll tell anyone anything.

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I'm a late developer. I only moved out of home when I was 30.

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I think smells, like sounds, can be so much immediately affecting.

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As everyone, you do end up becoming your mother, but also as you're acting, I find out you become every member of your family, bits come out without you really wanting them to come out.

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