Helena Bonham Carter Quotes

Most writers like to maintain some sort of anonymity. For me, making videos was an assault.

It's a little daunting to know you're going to take off your clothes and 16 million people are going to see it. It's not a normal day at the office.

I'm a shy person. I don't know if it's in my DNA to share with the world.

I had this thing about not giving too much of myself away, so I thought, if I sang lyrics, that's giving too much away. You know, I really didn't want to give myself away.

Acting is therapeutic. I say I'm not shy, but... Acting is a very vulnerable experience, and you've got to be really confident to put yourself out there to be judged.

Walking into a room filled with people you don't know but who know you brings out your worst vulnerabilities.

I say I'm not shy, but... Acting is a very vulnerable experience, and you've got to be really confident to put yourself out there to be judged.

A voice is very intimate. It's something of your own. So there's always this fear, because you feel naked. There's a fear of not reaching up to expectations. As you become more famous, people come and expect to hear something extraordinary, so you don't want to disappoint them. I feel this sense of responsibility.

My life has been an open book, really. Everybody knows everything about me.

For me, acting is becoming naked in front of people, you know? And when you know in the back of your mind somebody is testing you, you cannot really bare yourself. That's a feeling I always have when I'm auditioning.

I don't want to discuss my breasts with the whole world!

It's so much easier for me to get up and be someone else than expressing my own thoughts and feelings. There's definitely something about creating a cloak of a character that helped me deal with my shyness.

Everyone gets the feeling that they know you and they know your life, and I felt really embarrassed by that.

I'm too shy to do kissing scenes.

I'm not used to people watching the stuff that I do.

Actors, by very definition, we want people to pay attention to us, and so usually, that comes in the package of insecurity. So if we're not comfortable, we don't really show you a lot.

I'm not comfortable doing nudity. That's something quite personal.

I am unwilling to strip completely before the cameras.

I'm not very comfortable about the audience getting a peek into my personal life. I like to keep my personal space.

Personally, I wouldn't mind going on stage naked, totally naked.

Bringing out your vulnerable side and shedding your privacy in front of complete strangers is so very difficult, but when you are into the performance, the relief and release is so extraordinary that you get addicted.

It's hard to expose your personal life publicly, and everyone has an opinion.

There are tribes in Africa who believe that a camera steals a little part of your soul, and in a way, I think that's true about living your private life in public. It takes something away from your relationships; it cheapens them.

I don't like opening up in front of everyone.

It's only when I'm on stage that I really come to terms with the fact that other people are hearing my most inner, darkest thoughts.