Self Quotes
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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."
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"All the ancient classic fairy tales have always been scary and dark."
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"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."
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"I don't think kids have a problem with death. It's us older ones who are nearer to it, that start being frightened."
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"Multitasking? I can't even do two things at once. I can't even do one thing at once."
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"You can actually have a pitch button, you know, to get people on pitch."
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"That's the thing with animated films - I often feel that puppets get the better parts compared to us normal actresses."
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"I think smells, like sounds, can be so much immediately affecting."
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"I was reading William Shawcross's biography of the Queen Mother, dressed in my witch outfit! And you know what? It was a really good mix; it was a therapeutic mix."
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"I think my mouth just opens and I spontaneously say things that occur to me."
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"It took me ages to grow into being a woman, into being happy with it."
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"You can't ever put your self-definition in the hands of somebody who meets you for 15 minutes."
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"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."
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"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."
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"I should get a few ribs taken out, because I'll be in a corset for the rest of my life."
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"I drink booze, I smoke, and I'm hooked on caffeine. I actually have been known to swear at times and belch and even raise my voice when provoked. And I'm not physically repressed!"
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"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."
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"I'm drawn to emotionally damaged characters because there is more to unlock."
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"In any relationship, after the first year is over, you can't help but want your own space."
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"I also get fed up with the fact that casting agents and directors have this impression of me as being frail and petite. I find it very patronizing. I'm quite beefy and strong. I was a gymnast in school and I have lots of muscles."
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"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."
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"I think I've still got a bit of a sado-masochistic streak in me, because if I'm not going to be restricted by corsets and covered in lace, then I still wind up wearing an ape-mask over my face. I do wonder how I get myself in these situations!"
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"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."
Quote by -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."
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"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."
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"A lot of times in this business, it's so transitory - it's just 10 weeks here or there on a movie and then it's over - but to see the same people over all that time, a decade, makes you feel really safe and secure."
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"I'm suffering from stage fright. I don't like making speeches. [...] I'm the kind of introvert actor who likes putting on other people's clothes and pretending to be somebody else, which is completely crazy choice of profession. So, I don't enjoy public speaking and I have every sympathy for anyone who has to do it and doesn't enjoy it."
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"And trust. It takes a long time to trust someone. You work with people, anybody you dont know, it takes about a films length to get to know each other. Then if you move on, you have to start right back at the beginning. But if you carry on together and try doing different things, you can all grow together."
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"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."
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"I’m more comfortable with myself than when I was younger. I hated myself then. Wait, I didn’t hate myself – that’s a strong word. But I was so diffident. I didn’t know how to act, for one. I had no confidence in that area or in myself at all, really. I had a big inner critic and still do. I just don’t listen to it so much."
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"Journalists are always calling my features Edwardian or Victorian, whatever that means. I am small, and people were smaller in those times. I'm pale and sickly-looking. I look fragile-like a doll. But sometimes I just wish I had less of a particular look, one that was more versatile."
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"I think I've still got a bit of a sado-masochistic streak in me, because if I'm not going to be restricted by corsets and covered in lace, then I still wind up wearing an ape-mask over my face. I do wonder how I get myself in these situations!"
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"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."
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"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."
Quote by -Helena Bonham Carter
"What an extraordinary satisfaction there is in cleaning things! (Does the satisfaction depend on ownership? I suspect so.)"
Quote by -Iris Murdoch
"When I'm up to something I find it very hard to realize that I probably look no different from the way I look on other occasions."
Quote by -Iris Murdoch
"...And meanwhile the Galaxy ran through space and left behind those signs old and new and I still hadn't found mine."
Quote by -Italo Calvino
"If I were to try to identify a turning point I'd say that was it - getting clean."
Quote by -James Taylor
"When I cleaned up some 17 odd years ago, I felt terrible for about six months. The only thing that gave me any real relief was strenuous physical activity."
Quote by -James Taylor
"Knowing when to quit is probably a very important thing, but I just am not ready."
Quote by -James Taylor
"I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I could."
Quote by -James Taylor