Helena Bonham Carter quotes
Born
26 May 1966, Islington, London, England.
Occupation
Actress.
Helena Bonham Carter is an English actress.
Movies
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Corpse Bride (2005)
Enola Holmes (2020)
Fight Club (1999)
The King’s Speech (2010)
I’m often criticised for what I wear. That’s my main label in the press now: disastrous dresser!
– Helena Bonham Carter
Everyone always says you have to be strong and have a stiff upper lip, but it’s okay to be fragile.
– Helena Bonham Carter
I think my mouth just opens and I spontaneously say things that occur to me.
– Helena Bonham Carter
I was like one of those nauseatingly nice children. I was very, very well behaved and boring.
– Helena Bonham Carter
Multitasking? I can’t even do two things at once. I can’t even do one thing at once.
– Helena Bonham Carter
I’m drawn to emotionally damaged characters because there is more to unlock.
– Helena Bonham Carter
Because I sleep with him he asked me to audition, you know?
– 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.
– 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!
– Helena Bonham Carter
I’ve got Tourette’s, practically. I’ll tell anyone anything.
– Helena Bonham Carter
I’m the kind of actor who has ventured into escaping from me.
– Helena Bonham Carter
If you’re a queen, you’re powerless, so I’d probably demote myself and go shopping.
– Helena Bonham Carter
I would pretend to be the French lieutenant’s woman. I was always a romantic. I still am, actually.
– Helena Bonham Carter
I should get a few ribs taken out, because I’ll be in a corset for the rest of my life.
– 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.
– Helena Bonham Carter
I’m always attracted to lower budget, not because it’s lower budget, but because they tend to be better scripts.
– Helena Bonham Carter
I never really wanted to grow up. I grew up really young. I moved out when I was 13 – that’s when I started acting.
– Helena Bonham Carter
You can actually have a pitch button, you know, to get people on pitch.
– Helena Bonham Carter
It’s completely absurd that because we have boobs we’re not treated the same as someone with a penis.
– Helena Bonham Carter
When I was young I had so many inferiority complexes. I had an inferiority complex because I didn’t go to university. I had an inferiority complex because I didn’t train. Then it gets tiring. And you do get bored of it.
– Helena Bonham Carter
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 in my room.
– Helena Bonham Carter
All the ancient classic fairy tales have always been scary and dark.
– Helena Bonham Carter