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Me Quotes by Helena Bonham Carter
- It took me ages to grow into being a woman, into being happy with it.
- I think my mouth just opens and I spontaneously say things that occur to me.
- 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…
- People say, 'You're still breast-feeding, that's so generous.' Generous, no! It gives me boobs and it takes my thighs away! It's sort of like natural…
- I enjoy those small chats you have when people come up and talk to you about your work. It only involves a few seconds of…
- I have to struggle to change people's perceptions of me. I grew very frustrated with the perception that I'm this shy, retiring, inhibited aristocratic creature…
- Because I sleep with him he asked me to audition, you know?
- I'm the kind of actor who has ventured into escaping from me.
- 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…
- People have lots of misconceptions about me. My mum, who is half French and half Spanish, gets outraged when I'm called quintessentially English. I owe…
- I hate this image of me as a prim Edwardian. I want to shock everyone.
- No, I can never rely on Tim to make me pretty.
- It took me so many years to move out. I'm definitely a bit of a Peter Pan, reluctant to grow up. It all seemed really…
- 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…
- I think I've still got a bit of a sado-masochistic streak in me, because if I'm not going to be restricted by corsets and covered…
- It was weird because I was pregnant, throughout that so it was weird being a pregnant witch. I was in a really bad mood but…
- Most of my relationships were people in the business. Having said that, me and Tim don't really talk that much about work. He comes into…
- 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…
- Usually I'm frustrated when I look at my films and I don't believe that I've made a real transformation beyond my usual sets of gestures…
- 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…
- Sometimes I go, “What am I doing with my life?” But then I get letters from young women, or people come up to me, and…
- What I loved about playing the corpse is that obviously somebody else got to do the physical part. It appeals to the part of me…
- For me, acting is about getting away from myself. So to look at myself is the last thing I want.
More Me Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale