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 like Fight Club were so important to me because I think I confounded certain stereotypes and limited perceptions of what I could do as an actress.
Helena Bonham CarterThat's the thing with animated films - I often feel that puppets get the better parts compared to us normal actresses.
Helena Bonham CarterI'm always attracted to lower budget, not because it's lower budget, but because they tend to be better scripts.
Helena Bonham CarterI liked pretending to be other people: I could reinvent myself, reinvent my own reality.
Helena Bonham Carter