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" I love changing what I look like because I always feel super strange whenever I do watch something that I'm in. "
Helena Bonham Carter
Strange
Look
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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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