Helena Bonham Carter quotes

Helena Bonham Carter is an acclaimed English actress known for her versatility and distinctive roles in film and television. Notable for collaborations with directors like Tim Burton, her performances span genres from period dramas to fantasy epics. She has earned critical praise and numerous awards throughout her impressive career. Here are 89 of her quotes:

It was a challenge to be able to create a character without being able to use one's normal set of expressions. All the rubber and makeup attached to your face left you with only a modest range of facial movements.

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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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I'm convinced that whatever state you're in during your pregnancy has a huge influence on the baby's personality - so I hope we haven't produced a little serial killer!

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There is no normality in life. Having two houses means that we can get out of each other's hair - which, let's face it, we've both got a lot of.

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I've aged, but I don't think I've grown up.

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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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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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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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No matter how many modern parts I do, people still refer to me as Mrs. Costume Drama.

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Famous people come up to me, but I don't know who they are because my sight is so bad. It's always at the pool of the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills when I don't have my lenses in and my glasses are in my room. ... With the number of people I ignore, I'm lucky I work at all in this town.

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I was like one of those nauseatingly nice children. I was very, very well behaved and boring.

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I think everything in life is art. What you do. How you dress. The way you love someone, and how you talk. Your smile and your personality. What you believe in, and all your dreams. The way you drink your tea, How you decorate your home. Or party. Your grocery list. The food you make. How your writing looks. And the way you feel. Life is art.

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On the day Billy was born, it was like walking through a mirror and everything was Technicolor. My life had been very work-orientated, and all in close-up. Once I had the family it went into sudden widescreen.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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Usually I'm frustrated when I look at my films and I don't believe that I've made a real transformation beyond my usual sets of gestures and expressions. I still have this nagging feeling that it's me, that I didn't create a unique character.

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With the number of people I ignore, I'm lucky I work at all in this town.

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It would be nice to really shed the corsets.

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It's different when you're an actor and playing a part, but when it's just you, you feel immensely vulnerable have strangers prodding and prying.

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No, I can never rely on Tim to make me pretty.

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