Quotes By Helena Bonham Carter

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 my bit of the house every so often to vent but we don't really have very high, cultured conversations.

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

There is no normality in life.

I should get a few ribs taken out, because I'll be in a corset for the rest of my life.

I'm a very good sleeper.

I'm often criticised for what I wear. That's my main label in the press now: disastrous dresser!

Fairytales have always got to have that scary quality, as long as you make them laugh.

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.

I was a mixture of being incredibly old for my age and incredibly backwards. I was born quite old, but then I stopped growing. I lived with my mum and dad till I was 30.

Well, at least I'm not too thin. I eat.

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.

That's the thing with animated films - I often feel that puppets get the better parts compared to us normal actresses.