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" I'm a late developer. I only moved out of home when I was 30. "
Helena Bonham Carter
Late
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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 just do things because I fancy the parts and the directors. "
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" It would be nice to really shed the corsets. "
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" I'm drawn to emotionally damaged characters because there is more to unlock. "
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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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" My life had been very work-orientated, and all in close-up. Once I had the family, it went into sudden widescreen. "
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" I love witches and magic and dress-up and make-believe. "
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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 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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" 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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" I'm a very good sleeper. "
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" I think I've still got a bit of a sado-masochistic streak in me, because if I'm not going to be restricted by corsets and covered in lace, then I still wind up wearing an ape-mask over my face. I do wonder how I get myself in these situations! "
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" I think smells, like sounds, can be so much immediately affecting. "
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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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" All the ancient classic fairy tales have always been scary and dark. "
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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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You
" There is no normality in life. "
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" Wearing corsets all the time was completely incapacitating, as far as digestion goes. "
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" Journalists are always calling my features Edwardian or Victorian, whatever that means. I am small, and people were smaller in those times. I'm pale and sickly-looking. I look fragile-like a doll. But sometimes I just wish I had less of a particular look, one that was more versatile. "
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Always
" 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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" 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 a challenge to be able to create a character without being able to use one's normal set of expressions. All the rubber and makeup attached to your face left you with only a modest range of facial movements. "
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" I don't think kids have a problem with death. It's us older ones who are nearer to it, that start being frightened. "
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" The parenting bit is much harder than the acting bit. You just never know what to do. "
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" Well, at least I'm not too thin. I eat. "
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" It took me ages to grow into being a woman, into being happy with it. "
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" I hate this image of me as a prim Edwardian. I want to shock everyone. "
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" I don't think any actor wants their children to follow them into the profession. "
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" When you write for very young children what they want is something familiar and safe and stereotyped. "
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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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