Childbirth is the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen. It’s like an ‘Alien’ movie. I started crying, it was so emotional … I was there in the room but I wasn’t planning on doing much. But then I see this blue pinhead come out and I think I said to the nurse, ‘What the hell is that?’ And then it turns into this round red thing in seconds. It’s just shocking.
-Tim Burton
Helena and Tim at the Baftas
Tim and Helena on Valentine’s Day.
“I feel very normal and Helena thinks I’m normal. Everyone has their little quirks. I don’t feel mine are that strange” - Tim burton
Tim Burtons drawing of Helena Bonham Carter holding Billy Burton being a “new” mother
She’s very funny and bright and sexy and I really just connected to her. And I was honestly surprised, as I wasn’t expecting it, but that’s always good in life when you’re not expecting something. It’s also nice to be with someone who’s already been through all this showbiz stuff. She’s got a gravity to her that’s really nice and that I can relate to. And I think she’s like me in that she’s also misperceived a little - people think of her one way but she’s actually quite different. But then we’re all that way, aren’t we?
-Tim burton
It was on Planet Of The Apes (in summer 2000), but I never really saw the real Helena, because she was always covered in make-up and hair. I didn’t hang out with the apes too much (laughs). I think I only saw her as herself twice, but I guess that was enough. I could see she was beautiful under all that stuff. So we didn’t start seeing each other until after the film. And then it just happened. - Tim burton (On how he met Helena Bonham Carter)
