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" A film actor is just a victim of directors and editors. "
Helena Bonham Carter
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" Usually I'm frustrated when I look at my films and I don't believe that I've made a real transformation beyond my usual sets of gestures and expressions. I still have this nagging feeling that it's me, that I didn't create a unique character. "
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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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" 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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" No matter how many modern parts I do, people still refer to me as Mrs. Costume Drama. Fight Club is a studio pic, and I've done very few of those. I've got a feeling it's going to change things for me. "
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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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" 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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" The problems come when your personal life and relationships come under scrutiny in the press and often very uncomplimentary things are printed about you. "
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" I would pretend to be the French lieutenant's woman. I was always a romantic. I still am, actually. "
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" I should get a few ribs taken out, because I'll be in a corset for the rest of my life. "
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" People have lots of misconceptions about me. My mum, who is half French and half Spanish, gets outraged when I'm called quintessentially English. I owe my looks to my mum-which was 90 percent of getting my first job. And, some people would argue, 90 percent of my entire career. "
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" For me, acting is about getting away from myself. So to look at myself is the last thing I want. "
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" In any relationship, after the first year is over, you can't help but want your own space. "
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" I enjoy those small chats you have when people come up and talk to you about your work. It only involves a few seconds of effort to be nice to those people, and I am very grateful for the kind words that people have taken the trouble to express to me in person. "
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