Helena Bonham Carter Quotes
106 quotes • Movie Actress • Age 60
"I think everything in life is art. What you do. How you dress. The way you love someone, and how you talk. Your smile and your personality. What you believe in, and all your dreams. The way you drink your tea. How you decorate your home. Or party. Your grocery list. The food you make. How your writing looks. And the way you feel. Life is art."
"Who wants to be normal when you can be unique?"
"Why do you put your self esteem in the hands of complete strangers?"
"Imperfection is underrated. Perfection is overrated."
"You just have to do what suits you, and it doesn't matter if you don't look like everybody else. Be you. That's our gift and we've got to celebrate that."
"Be yourself. No one else can."
"Wear what you feel comfortable with. People say nasty things about what I wear in the street. I'm always in worst dressed lists, but you just have to dress for yourself and nobody else."
"I’ve aged, but I don’t think I’ve grown up."
"I always feel better after a good scream."
"I just want to give you this one piece of advice: if you're standing and you could be sitting, sit. If you're sitting and you could be lying down, lie down."
"There is no normality in life."
"I just thought I‘d never look good in what everybody else wore. So there’s no point trying. You just have to do what suits you, and it doesn’t matter if you don’t look like everybody else. Be you. That’s our gift and we’ve got to celebrate that, but it does take ages. I was wracked with self-doubt for years. I get spasms of it even now – I’m not indelibly self-confident."