I Love Witches And Magic And Dress-up

Who Wants To Be Normal When You Can Be Unique?

I Loved Doing All Those Costume Dramas. I Didn't Think, 'ooh I've Got To Avoid Being Typecast' - You Can't Ever Be Dictated To By What Other People Think. I Just Do Things Because I Fancy The Parts And The Directors.

I Think I've Still Got A Bit Of A Sado-masochistic Streak In Me, Because If I'm Not Going To Be Restricted By Corsets And Covered In Lace, Then I Still Wind Up Wearing An Ape-mask Over My Face. I Do Wonder How I Get Myself In These Situations!

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.

You Can Actually Have A Pitch Button, You Know, To Get People On Pitch.