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

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Helena Bonham Carter
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 26
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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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Because I sleep with him he asked me to audition, you know?
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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.
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I'm drawn to emotionally damaged characters because there is more to unlock.
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I just went and got an agent because I thought I can create my own world - you can't right your own life, but you can escape to a world where you can have control.
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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'm always attracted to lower budget, not because it's lower budget, but because they tend to be better scripts.
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Mothers are the heart of any household. I try to spend as much time with my children as I possibly can while also fulfilling my professional duties. It is tricky, but I think I manage it.
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His mouth is a no-go area. It's like kissing the Berlin Wall.
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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.
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Why do you put your self esteem in the hands of complete strangers?
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You become very angry and depressed that you keep getting offered only these exceedingly demure and repressed roles. They're so not me. That's why films like Fight Club were so important to me because I think I confounded certain stereotypes and limited perceptions of what I could do as an actress.
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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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Everyone seems to think I'm very ladylike. That I'm very cultured and intelligent. I drink alot of Diet Coke and belch. I've been known to use the F-word. I've told a few dirty jokes. I arm-wrestle.
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You can actually have a pitch button, you know, to get people on pitch.
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It was a challenge to be able to create a character without being able to use one's normal set of expressions. All the rubber and makeup attached to your face left you with only a modest range of facial movements.
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