Top 130 Quotes & Sayings by Helena Bonham Carter - Page 3

When it comes to acting, people talk about the suspension of disbelief that you ask of the audience. Before that starts, you have to, as an actor, suspend your own disbelief.

On corsets: I said, You have got to be kidding. I am an ape and yet I am still expected to squeeze myself into one of those damn things.

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

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 that everyone thinks they know, who really has nothing to do with me. But you just have to let that go.

I love movies where people see the world from a different angle.

Falling in love with him was completely unexpected. When you only see someone as a friend, you don’t expect anything else. There was definitely a moment when something quite magical happened and we both agree that it transformed our relationship.

Maybe from now on puppets can do the parts

To understand how you live, to live. Do not think about it and live with it.

I remember I did think, 'Wouldn't it be nice if Mr Right moved in next door?'

I drink a lot of Diet Coke and belch. I've been known to use the ''f'' word.