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" You can actually have a pitch button, you know, to get people on pitch. "

Helena Bonham Carter

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" 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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