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!"

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

"When you're up for an Oscar, you just get offered everything. It's fantastic, but a lot of it you're completely inappropriate for."

"It was a challenge to be able to create a character without being able to use one's normal set of expressions. All the rubber and makeup attached to your face left you with only a modest range of faci…"

"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 wi…"

"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"

"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…"

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