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" Very early on, you figure out that you put your self-esteem in the hands of strangers. There's a different commodity. There's the Helena Bonham Carter that everyone thinks they know, who really has nothing to do with me. But you just have to let that go. "

Helena Bonham Carter

Know

Strangers

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" I'm not dead and I don't have blue hair but some people say there are similarities. It is usually intolerable to watch myself onscreen but this time it's fine. I think it's beautiful and a real work of art. "

" I remember I did think, 'Wouldn't it be nice if Mr. Right moved in next door?' "

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Remember

" 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. "

" You become very angry and depressed that you keep getting offered only these exceedingly demure and repressed roles. They're so not me. That's why films like Fight Club were so important to me because I think I confounded certain stereotypes and limited perceptions of what I could do as an actress. "

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Fight

Think

" My father fell really chronically ill when I was 13 and that's when I phoned up an agent and started to act. "

" Well, at least I'm not too thin. I eat. "

" I love witches and magic and dress-up and make-believe. "

" It would be nice to really shed the corsets. "

" I think smells, like sounds, can be so much immediately affecting. "

" I hate this image of me as a prim Edwardian. I want to shock everyone. "

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Hate

Image

" For me, acting is about getting away from myself. So to look at myself is the last thing I want. "

" 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. "

" 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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Director

Mood

" It took me ages to grow into being a woman, into being happy with it. "

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Grow

Happy

" I just do things because I fancy the parts and the directors. "

" 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. "

" In any relationship, after the first year is over, you can't help but want your own space. "

" That's the thing with animated films - I often feel that puppets get the better parts compared to us normal actresses. "

" My mom being a psychotherapist, I've been brought up with that whole psychoanalytical terrain. "

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Terrain

Mom

" I should get a few ribs taken out, because I'll be in a corset for the rest of my life. "

" 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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Easy

You

" 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. "

" I've got Tourette's, practically. I'll tell anyone anything. "

" Fairytales have always got to have that scary quality, as long as you make them laugh. "

" I'm drawn to emotionally damaged characters because there is more to unlock. "

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Unlock

Drawn

" The animators are absolutely extraordinary. It's mind-boggling. "

" People have lots of misconceptions about me. My mum, who is half French and half Spanish, gets outraged when I'm called quintessentially English. I owe my looks to my mum-which was 90 percent of getting my first job. And, some people would argue, 90 percent of my entire career. "

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Some People

People