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My father fell really chronic...

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 loved doing all those costu...

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 think my mouth just opens a...

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

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I was weird right from the st...

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.

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It's easy for me to go back t...

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.

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I’m more comfortable with mys...

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.

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When it comes to acting, peop...

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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Sometimes I get it right and ...

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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But it's often been the case,...

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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My mom being a psychotherapist...

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

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I was a mixture of being incre...

I was a mixture of being incredibly old for my age and incredibly backwards. I was born quite old, but then I stopped growing. I lived with my mum and dad till I was 30.

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There is no normality in life....

There is no normality in life.

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It feels like a rash. It sudde...

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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Sometimes I go, 'What am I doi...

Sometimes I go, 'What am I doing with my life?Ђќ But then I get letters from young women, or people come up to me, and they say, 'You've made such a difference to my confidence.Ђќ And that is a good thing. I should read more fan mail though. I'm crap at responding.

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I just thought I'd never look ...

I just thought I'd never look good in what everybody else wore. So there's no point trying. You just have to do what suits you, and it doesn't matter if you don't look like everybody else. Be you. That's our gift and we've got to celebrate that, but it does take ages. I was wracked with self-doubt for years. I get spasms of it even now Ђ' I'm not indelibly self-confident.

Helena Bonham Carter 153 quotes

I'm more comfortable with myse...

I'm more comfortable with myself than when I was younger. I hated myself then. Wait, I didn't hate myself Ђ' 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.

Helena Bonham Carter 153 quotes

And trust. It takes a long tim...

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.

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On corsets: I said, You have g...

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.

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Maybe from now on puppets can ...

Maybe from now on puppets can do the parts

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You just have to do what suits...

You just have to do what suits you, and it doesn't matter if you don't look like everybody else. Be you. That's our gift and we've got to celebrate that.

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