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Helena Bonham Carter quotes: My father fell really chronically ill when I was 13 and that's when I phoned up an agent and started to act.

My father fell really chronically ill when I was 13 and that's when I phoned up an agent and started to act.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: I do think imperfection's underrated.

I do think imperfection's underrated.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: I love changing the way I look like because I always feel super strange whenever I do watch something that I'm in.

I love changing the way I look like because I always feel super strange whenever I do watch something that I'm in.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: That's the thing with animated films - I often feel that puppets get the better parts compared to us normal actresses.

That's the thing with animated films - I often feel that puppets get the better parts compared to us normal actresses.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: The parenting bit is much harder than the acting bit. You just never know what to do.

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

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: My mom being a psychotherapist, I've been brought up with that whole psychoanalytical terrain.

My mom being a psychotherapist, I've been brought up with that whole psychoanalytical terrain.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: I don't think any actor wants their children to follow them into the profession.

I don't think any actor wants their children to follow them into the profession.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: The animators are absolutely extraordinary. It's mind-boggling.

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

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: I've aged, but I don't think I've grown up.

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

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: I remember I did think, 'Wouldn't it be nice if Mr. Right moved in next door?'

I remember I did think, 'Wouldn't it be nice if Mr. Right moved in next door?'

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: When you write for very young children what they want is something familiar and safe and stereotyped.

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

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: On corsets: I said, You have got to be kidding. I am an ape and yet I am still expected to squeeze myself into one of those damn things.

On corsets: I said, You have got to be kidding. I am an ape and yet I am still expected to squeeze myself into one of those damn things.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: Fairytales have always got to have that scary quality, as long as you make them laugh.

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

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: I always feel better after a good scream.

I always feel better after a good scream.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: Imperfection is underrated. Perfection is overrated.

Imperfection is underrated. Perfection is overrated.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: Who wants to be normal when you can be unique?

Who wants to be normal when you can be unique?

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: I do think imperfection is underrated

I do think imperfection is underrated

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: I'm drawn to emotionally damaged characters because there is more to unlock.

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

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: 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.

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.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: I actually pointed my wand and it blew up! The power! The power was just like Angry Birds, but big [as] life.

I actually pointed my wand and it blew up! The power! The power was just like Angry Birds, but big [as] life.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: There is no normality in life.

There is no normality in life.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: I would pretend to be the French lieutenant's woman. I was always a romantic. I still am, actually.

I would pretend to be the French lieutenant's woman. I was always a romantic. I still am, actually.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: My life had been very work-orientated, and all in close-up. Once I had the family, it went into sudden widescreen.

My life had been very work-orientated, and all in close-up. Once I had the family, it went into sudden widescreen.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: It would be nice to really shed the corsets.

It would be nice to really shed the corsets.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: A film actor is just a victim of directors and editors.

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

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: 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.

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.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: Maybe from now on puppets can do the parts

Maybe from now on puppets can do the parts

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: To understand how you live, to live. Do not think about it and live with it.

To understand how you live, to live. Do not think about it and live with it.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: In any relationship, after the first year is over, you can't help but want your own space.

In any relationship, after the first year is over, you can't help but want your own space.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: Because I sleep with him he asked me to audition, you know?

Because I sleep with him he asked me to audition, you know?

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

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

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: I drink a lot of Diet Coke and belch. I've been known to use the 'f' word.

I drink a lot of Diet Coke and belch. I've been known to use the 'f' word.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: I've got Tourette's, practically. I'll tell anyone anything.

I've got Tourette's, practically. I'll tell anyone anything.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: Be yourself. No one else can.

Be yourself. No one else can.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: If you're a queen, you're powerless, so I'd probably demote myself and go shopping.

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

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: It took me ages to grow into being a woman, into being happy with it.

It took me ages to grow into being a woman, into being happy with it.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: I look completely like my mum. She's very foreign, very Jewish.

I look completely like my mum. She's very foreign, very Jewish.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: I think smells, like sounds, can be so much immediately affecting.

I think smells, like sounds, can be so much immediately affecting.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: No, I can never rely on Tim to make me pretty.

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

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: I never really wanted to grow up. I grew up really young. I moved out when I was 13 - that's when I started acting.

I never really wanted to grow up. I grew up really young. I moved out when I was 13 - that's when I started acting.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: Am I a good example? Well, at least I'm not too thin. I eat.

Am I a good example? Well, at least I'm not too thin. I eat.

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

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

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: I'm a late developer. I only moved out of home when I was 30.

I'm a late developer. I only moved out of home when I was 30.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: I've never had white teeth. To be honest, I've never been told to do any of those horrible things - get your teeth whitened or your nose straightened.

I've never had white teeth. To be honest, I've never been told to do any of those horrible things - get your teeth whitened or your nose straightened.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: I hate this image of me as a prim Edwardian. I want to shock everyone.

I hate this image of me as a prim Edwardian. I want to shock everyone.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: All the ancient classic fairy tales have always been scary and dark.

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

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: 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

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

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: I personally never got the gist of Facebook and Twitter.

I personally never got the gist of Facebook and Twitter.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: I'm definitely a bit of Peter Pan, reluctant to grow up ... part of me would prefer not to have any responsibility whatsoever.

I'm definitely a bit of Peter Pan, reluctant to grow up ... part of me would prefer not to have any responsibility whatsoever.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: I think my mouth just opens and I spontaneously say things that occur to me.

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

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: With the number of people I ignore, I'm lucky I work at all in this town.

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

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: You can't ever put your self-definition in the hands of somebody who meets you for 15 minutes.

You can't ever put your self-definition in the hands of somebody who meets you for 15 minutes.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: I'm the kind of actor who has ventured into escaping from me.

I'm the kind of actor who has ventured into escaping from me.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: I was sad that Corpse Bride was so short. I would've liked to have had her around for way longer. She doesn't actually have that many scenes.

I was sad that Corpse Bride was so short. I would've liked to have had her around for way longer. She doesn't actually have that many scenes.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: For me, acting is about getting away from myself. So to look at myself is the last thing I want.

For me, acting is about getting away from myself. So to look at myself is the last thing I want.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: You can actually have a pitch button, you know, to get people on pitch.

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

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: I love witches and magic and dress-up and make-believe.

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

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: Wearing corsets all the time was completely incapacitating, as far as digestion goes.

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

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: I'm a very good sleeper.

I'm a very good sleeper.

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

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

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: Well, at least I'm not too thin. I eat.

Well, at least I'm not too thin. I eat.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: Multitasking? I can't even do two things at once. I can't even do one thing at once.

Multitasking? I can't even do two things at once. I can't even do one thing at once.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: I don't think I dress eccentrically. I'm just not conservative, I guess - I dress according to what like. And I'm not a mannequin, as you can tell.

I don't think I dress eccentrically. I'm just not conservative, I guess - I dress according to what like. And I'm not a mannequin, as you can tell.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: I don't think kids have a problem with death. It's us older ones who are nearer to it, that start being frightened.

I don't think kids have a problem with death. It's us older ones who are nearer to it, that start being frightened.

Helena Bonham Carter quotes: I was like one of those nauseatingly nice children. I was very, very well behaved and boring.

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