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" I hate this image of me as a prim Edwardian. I want to shock everyone. "
Helena Bonham Carter
Hate
Me
Image
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" It didn't matter what you look like. You don't have to get up at 5:30 in the morning and there's a lot to be said for that. Corpse Bride can just play all my parts from now on and I'll just do the voice. "
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" It would be nice to really shed the corsets. "
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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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" Tim also has enough confidence so that it always looks like a Tim Burton film, but it really is collaborative. You're allowed to do it your way but of course he's always going to choose his way. "
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" There is no normality in life. "
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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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" Multitasking? I can't even do two things at once. I can't even do one thing at once. "
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" No, I can never rely on Tim to make me pretty. "
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" I don't think I dress eccentrically. I'm just not conservative, I guess - I dress according to what like. And I'm not a mannequin, as you can tell. "
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" It was weird because I was pregnant, throughout that so it was weird being a pregnant witch. I was in a really bad mood but luckily, because I sleep with the director, he just sort of scheduled me so I only had to do it two nights. "
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" I just do things because I fancy the parts and the directors. "
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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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Find
" 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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Looks
Death
" 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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Children
Try
Time
" All the ancient classic fairy tales have always been scary and dark. "
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Classic
Always
" What I loved about playing the corpse is that obviously somebody else got to do the physical part. It appeals to the part of me that likes playing character parts and getting the chance to get away from my own physicality. "
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Loved
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Character
" 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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Control
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" A lot of times in this business, it's so transitory - it's just 10 weeks here or there on a movie and then it's over - but to see the same people over all that time, a decade, makes you feel really safe and secure. "
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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 a late developer. I only moved out of home when I was 30. "
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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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" If you're a queen, you're powerless, so I'd probably demote myself and go shopping. "
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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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" I liked pretending to be other people: I could reinvent myself, reinvent my own reality. "
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" 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. Then it gets tiring. And you do get bored of it. "
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" It's different when you're an actor and playing a part, but when it's just you, you feel immensely vulnerable have strangers prodding and prying. "
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" Not only was it nearly impossible to hear because of these huge rubber ears we had to wear, but we also had these huge furry hands which were absolutely useless, especially if you had to scratch yourself. "
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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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" A film actor is just a victim of directors and editors. "
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" I've never had white teeth. To be honest, I've never been told to do any of those horrible things - get your teeth whitened or your nose straightened. "
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Nose
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