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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. "

Helena Bonham Carter

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" People say, 'You're still breast-feeding, that's so generous.' Generous, no! It gives me boobs and it takes my thighs away! It's sort of like natural liposuction. I'd carry on breast-feeding for the rest of my life if I could. "

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