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" That's the thing with animated films - I often feel that puppets get the better parts compared to us normal actresses. "
Helena Bonham Carter
Puppets
Better
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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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" 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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" 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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" In any relationship, after the first year is over, you can't help but want your own space. "
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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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" Because I sleep with him he asked me to audition, you know? "
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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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" I loved doing all those costume dramas. I didn't think, 'Ooh I've got to avoid being typecast' - you can't ever be dictated to by what other people think. I just do things because I fancy the parts and the directors. "
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" You learn to rely on a few basic movements and use your voice to the greatest extent possible to convey your emotions. So there was a technical challenge there and a responsibility to create a character from behind the mask. "
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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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