Helena Bonham Carter quotes - page 3

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:

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.

Helena Bonham Carter

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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I liked pretending to be other people: I could reinvent myself, reinvent my own reality.

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There is no normality in life.

Helena Bonham Carter

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

Helena Bonham Carter

I think my mouth just opens and I spontaneously say things that occur to me.

Helena Bonham Carter

I was weird right from the start. It's just that you can't ever expect people to get you. And I do think that really did mess with my head, being well-known young, when you really don't know who you are.

Helena Bonham Carter

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

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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.

Helena Bonham Carter

When you write for very young children what they want is something familiar and safe and stereotyped.

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

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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.

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The parenting bit is much harder than the acting bit. You just never know what to do.

Helena Bonham Carter

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

Helena Bonham Carter

If you're a queen, you're powerless, so I'd probably demote myself and go shopping.

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

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A film actor is just a victim of directors and editors.

Helena Bonham Carter

She looks like a warrior. I mean, Bellatrix does mean warrior. And she's also a bit of a fatale. She's the right hand of Voldemort, and the only woman death eater.

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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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I'm a very good sleeper.

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

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