Quotes by Helena Bonham Carter

“I think everything in life is art. What you do. How you dress. The way you love someone, and how you talk. Your smile and your personality. What you believe in, and all your dreams. The way you dri...”

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

“I do think imperfection is underrated”

“Imperfection is underrated. Perfection is overrated.”

“ Why do we put our self esteem in the hands of complete strangers? ”

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

“Famous people come up to me, but I don't know who they are because my sight is so bad. It's always at the pool of the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills when I don't have my lenses in and my glasses are...”

“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.”

“It didn't matter what you look like. You don't have to get up at 5:30 in the morning and there's a lot to be said for that. Corpse Bride can just play all my parts from now on and I'll just do the ...”

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

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

“Why do we put our self esteem in the hands of complete strangers?”

“He had zero experience but he was really good. The irony is, given the fact that the character can't play very well, is that he's actually a brilliant footballer.”

“I had never had any experience of autism before and I would come home and look at my son, Billy, who is now two, and be absolutely paranoid, particularly because he loves Thomas the Tank Engine, an...”

“I'm convinced that whatever state you're in during your pregnancy has a huge influence on the baby's personality - so I hope we haven't produced a little serial killer!”

“No matter how many modern parts I do, people still refer to me as Mrs. Costume Drama.”

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

“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.”

“On the day Billy was born, it was like walking through a mirror and everything was Technicolor. My life had been very work-orientated, and all in close-up. Once I had the family it went into sudden...”