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" Wearing corsets all the time was completely incapacitating, as far as digestion goes. "

Helena Bonham Carter

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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 have to struggle to change people's perceptions of me. I grew very frustrated with the perception that I'm this shy, retiring, inhibited aristocratic creature when I'm absolutely not like that at all. I think I'm much more outgoing and exuberant than my image. "

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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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" I'm often criticised for what I wear. That's my main label in the press now: disastrous dresser! "

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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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" 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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" All the ancient classic fairy tales have always been scary and dark. "

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