#in

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 when I'm absolutely not like that at all. I think I'm much more outgoing and exuberant than my image. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#absolutely not #aristocratic #change #creature #exuberant

If you're a queen, you're powerless, so I'd probably demote myself and go shopping. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#i #myself #powerless #probably #queen

It didn't matter what you look like. You don't have to get up at 5:30 in the morning and there's a lot to be said for that. Corpse Bride can just play all my parts from now on and I'll just do the voice. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#corpse #get #i #just #like

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 nice at home-why change it? Part of me would prefer not to have any responsibility whatsoever. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#bit #change #definitely #grow #grow up

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 facial movements. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#attached #being #challenge #character #create

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! ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#been #booze #caffeine #drink #even

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

— Helena Bonham Carter

#did #door #i #i remember #moved

A stricken tree, a living thing, so beautiful, so dignified, so admirable in its potential longevity, is, next to man, perhaps the most touching of wounded objects. ↗

— Edna Ferber

#beautiful #dignified #living #living thing #longevity

Any garment which is cut to fit you is much more becoming, even if it is not so splendid as a garment which has been cut to fit somebody not of your stature. ↗

— Edna Ferber

#becoming #been #cut #even #fit

If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics. ↗

— Edna Ferber

#american politics #dirty #part #politics #something