Helena Bonham Carter Quotes

Self-esteem, the kind that comes from finding the sweet spot between a healthy fondness for yourself and healthy self-skepticism, tends to get harder to come by the older we get.

I didn't take myself seriously for a long time.

I'm not as hard on myself anymore. I'm comfortable exactly where I am, though it took me until I was 34 years old! I still have things I'm really insecure about, but I've changed by loving me - C-section scars, stretch marks, and all.

It's murder to doubt yourself in life. It took until I was 45 to get to that point. As hard as it is in your work, it's harder in your life. But it can be done.

As I get older, I feel better about myself because I've done a lot of spiritual work on myself and balanced myself out, and so I feel more confident about myself as a person and as a woman.

Confidence comes with maturity, being more accepting of yourself.

I'm under no illusion that there are things about me that I'd like to change. I just accept who I am, and I'm proud of it.

As you get older, you're not afraid of doubt. Doubt isn't running the show. You take out all the self-agonizing.

Maybe I am a little bit guilty of trying to convince myself that I am cool to this point - even today. But I am so much more healthy than I used to be in my twenties, because I was not accepted at all.

I think I'm happy with who I am. I don't know if I learned that from other girls or just people in general.

I'm not quite as cool as I would like to be, really.

A man is always better than he thinks.

I know my flaws before other people point them out to me.

When you mature, you also get more secure about yourself. You see things differently.

I was a milksop as a kid. I had no confidence, no guts. I felt I was going to be someone else someday - someone who didn't have my weaknesses.

There's a lot of annoying things about me. I don't know, I'm really shy at first, and I don't really like it. I wish I was a little more outgoing.

I've gotten to the point where I've gotten comfortable with my awkwardness.

I sometimes buy albums that I don't like now, but that I know I will like. Coming out was the same thing. In high school, I thought, 'I know I'm going to have to deal with this, but I'm not confident enough now.' But when I finally did, my whole life changed.

I've grown as an actor. I am more confident within my art form. I have also grown as a person. I am more compassionate, generous, and less judgmental.

I think the main thing which boygenius and I talk about ad nauseum, is that I feel like I just apologise for myself less.

It took a long time, and a lot of years, for me to get comfortable with myself, like the way I am now.

When someone praises me, I get wary. If someone has something negative to say, I invite them over for a long chat. They are important for my growth as an actor.

As I got older, I got comfortable with revealing myself. In the past, I've feared a lot of things. I thought people just hated me, maybe because I was criticized a lot since I was young. Even when facing reporters like this, I just came to the conclusion, 'They will hate me.'

One can always improve, but I know my strengths and I know that I am complete.

If you truly want to find a meaningful relationship, you've got to find yourself first and learn to be confident in your own skin. Don't sacrifice anything about who you are to be with someone. That's setting yourself up for failure.