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" I drink booze, I smoke, and I'm hooked on caffeine. I actually have been known to swear at times and belch and even raise my voice when provoked. And I'm not physically repressed! "
Helena Bonham Carter
Been
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" She looks like a warrior. I mean, Bellatrix does mean warrior. And she's also a bit of a fatale. She's the right hand of Voldemort, and the only woman death eater. "
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" I personally never got the gist of Facebook and Twitter. "
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" I'm a very good sleeper. "
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" It took me ages to grow into being a woman, into being happy with it. "
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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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" Well, at least I'm not too thin. I eat. "
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" I remember I did think, 'Wouldn't it be nice if Mr. Right moved in next door?' "
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" You can't ever put your self-definition in the hands of somebody who meets you for 15 minutes. "
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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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" You can actually have a pitch button, you know, to get people on pitch. "
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" J.K. Rowling said Bellatrix's role was going to be significant in the last one, when I showed some reluctance in playing a tiny bit part. Up front, they said, 'You're very significant in the last one.' But significant could mean a lot of things. That could just mean a significant plot point. Doesn't necessarily equal big part. "
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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 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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" 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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" Fairytales have always got to have that scary quality, as long as you make them laugh. "
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" I also get fed up with the fact that casting agents and directors have this impression of me as being frail and petite. I find it very patronizing. I'm quite beefy and strong. I was a gymnast in school and I have lots of muscles. "
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" A film actor is just a victim of directors and editors. "
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" Famous people come up to me, but I don't know who they are because my sight is so bad. It's always at the pool of the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills when I don't have my lenses in and my glasses are in my room. "
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" It would be nice to really shed the corsets. "
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" It's easy for me to go back to being a kid. You know how kids can be like savages before they get civilized? There's that sadist quality. Y'know, like boys who like to pick apart an insect for the sake of it. "
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" Wearing corsets all the time was completely incapacitating, as far as digestion goes. "
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" All the ancient classic fairy tales have always been scary and dark. "
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