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" Fairytales have always got to have that scary quality, as long as you make them laugh. "
Helena Bonham Carter
Quality
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You
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" Multitasking? I can't even do two things at once. I can't even do one thing at once. "
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" I love witches and magic and dress-up and make-believe. "
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" I have to struggle to change people's perceptions of me. I grew very frustrated with the perception that I'm this shy, retiring, inhibited aristocratic creature when I'm absolutely not like that at all. I think I'm much more outgoing and exuberant than my image. "
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" I'm not dead and I don't have blue hair but some people say there are similarities. It is usually intolerable to watch myself onscreen but this time it's fine. I think it's beautiful and a real work of art. "
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" I just went and got an agent because I thought I can create my own world - you can't right your own life, but you can escape to a world where you can have control. "
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" I'm the kind of actor who has ventured into escaping from me. "
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" I just do things because I fancy the parts and the directors. "
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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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" Because I sleep with him he asked me to audition, you know? "
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" I'm a very good sleeper. "
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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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You
Help
" It would be nice to really shed the corsets. "
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Be Nice
Really
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" I don't think any actor wants their children to follow them into the profession. "
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" It took me so many years to move out. I'm definitely a bit of a Peter Pan, reluctant to grow up. It all seemed really nice at home-why change it? Part of me would prefer not to have any responsibility whatsoever. "
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" I was a mixture of being incredibly old for my age and incredibly backwards. I was born quite old, but then I stopped growing. I lived with my mum and dad till I was 30. "
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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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" No, I can never rely on Tim to make me pretty. "
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" I loved doing all those costume dramas. I didn't think, 'Ooh I've got to avoid being typecast' - you can't ever be dictated to by what other people think. I just do things because I fancy the parts and the directors. "
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Got
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" You learn to rely on a few basic movements and use your voice to the greatest extent possible to convey your emotions. So there was a technical challenge there and a responsibility to create a character from behind the mask. "
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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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" I'm a late developer. I only moved out of home when I was 30. "
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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'm often criticised for what I wear. That's my main label in the press now: disastrous dresser! "
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" I hate this image of me as a prim Edwardian. I want to shock everyone. "
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