I'm The Kind Of Actor Who Has

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.

Everyone Seems To Think I'm Very Ladylike. That I'm Very Cultured And Intelligent. I Drink Alot Of Diet Coke And Belch. I've Been Known To Use The F-word. I've Told A Few Dirty Jokes. I Arm-wrestle.

People Have Lots Of Misconceptions About Me. My Mum, Who Is Half French And Half Spanish, Gets Outraged When I'm Called Quintessentially English. I Owe My Looks To My Mum-which Was 90 Percent Of Getting My First Job. And, Some People Would Argue, 90 Percent Of My Entire Career.

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.

I Was Weird Right From The Start. It's Just That You Can't Ever Expect People To Get You. And I Do Think That Really Did Mess With My Head, Being Well-known Young, When You Really Don't Know Who You Are.