Helena Bonham Carter Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Why do you put your self esteem in the hands of complete strangers?”
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“When it comes to acting, people talk about the suspension of disbelief that you ask of the audience. Before that starts, you have to, as an actor, suspend your own disbelief.”
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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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“Sometimes I get it right and I sometimes I get it wrong. But fashion is all about having fun. I think fashion has been hijacked by the fashion industry creating rules on what one should wear and I feel like breaking the mold and seeing that the world won’t crumble.”
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“Wear what you feel comfortable with. People say nasty things about what I wear in the street. I'm always in worst dressed lists, but you just have to dress for yourself and Ânobody else.”
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“Who wants to be normal when you can be unique?”
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“Fairytales have always got to have that scary quality, as long as you make them laugh.”
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“I liked pretending to be other people: I could reinvent myself, reinvent my own reality.”
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“I'm the kind of actor who has ventured into escaping from me.”
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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 took me ages to grow into being a woman, into being happy with it.”
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“All the ancient classic fairy tales have always been scary and dark.”
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“I should get a few ribs taken out, because I'll be in a corset for the rest of my life.”
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“If you're a queen, you're powerless, so I'd probably demote myself and go shopping.”
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“I love changing what I look like because I always feel super strange whenever I do watch something that I'm in.”
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“I enjoy those small chats you have when people come up and talk to you about your work. It only involves a few seconds of effort to be nice to those people, and I am very grateful for the kind words that people have taken the trouble to express to me in person.”
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“But it's often been the case, I've done so many countless small, independent films that really 3.2 people have seen, so you never know. You do it for the joy of the part and not necessarily expect anyone to see the final product.”
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“Imperfection is underrated. Perfection is overrated.”
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“People say, 'You're still breast-feeding, that's so generous.' Generous, no! It gives me ***** and it takes my thighs away! It's sort of like natural liposuction. I'd carry on breast-feeding for the rest of my life if I could.”
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“Falling in love with him was completely unexpected. When you only see someone as a friend, you don’t expect anything else. There was definitely a moment when something quite magical happened and we both agree that it transformed our relationship.”
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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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“It feels like a rash. It suddenly seems like I've got a contagion of diseases, I mean awards. But it's nice, it's a nice feeling. It's so weird, because I'm only 46. A lifetime Achievement award... it feels like 'I'm not over yet'. I hope they're not trying to say it's time to stop. I'm only just getting the gist of it.”
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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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“Multitasking? I can't even do two things at once. I can't even do one thing at once.”
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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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“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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“I hate this image of me as a prim Edwardian. I want to shock everyone.”
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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.”
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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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“I think my mouth just opens and I spontaneously say things that occur to me.”
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