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J.K. Rowling said Bellatrix's role was going to be significant in the last one, when I showed some reluctance in playing a tiny bit part. Up front, they said, 'You're very significant in the last one.' But significant could mean a lot of things. That could just mean a significant plot point. Doesn't necessarily equal big part. (Helena Bonham Carter)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I liked pretending to be other people: I could reinvent myself, reinvent my own reality. View quote
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There is no normality in life. View quote
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I'm drawn to emotionally damaged characters because there is more to unlock. View quote
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I think my mouth just opens and I spontaneously say things that occur to me. View quote
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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. View quote
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Wearing corsets all the time was completely incapacitating, as far as digestion goes. View quote
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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. View quote
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I just do things because I fancy the parts and the directors. (Helena Bonham Carter)
When you write for very young children what they want is something familiar and safe and stereotyped. View quote
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Fairytales have always got to have that scary quality, as long as you make them laugh. View quote
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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. View quote
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The parenting bit is much harder than the acting bit. You just never know what to do. View quote
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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. View quote
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If you're a queen, you're powerless, so I'd probably demote myself and go shopping. View quote
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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. View quote
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I love witches and magic and dress-up and make-believe. View quote
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A film actor is just a victim of directors and editors. View quote
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It took me ages to grow into being a woman, into being happy with it. (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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I'm a very good sleeper. View quote
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The animators are absolutely extraordinary. It's mind-boggling. View quote
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