
“The young kids recognize me, and they are terrified, genuinely terrified, but also drawn toward you, I always find that is one of the privileges. You get to be so vivid in children’s imagination. The little girls feel ambivalent too; they kind of love her, and they like dressing up as her and, believe me, it’s honestly fun to wear the costume. I made her childlike deliberately so kids could relate to her as the ultimate naughty one. And there is fun in being naughty. She is a total version of age 3. There’s no parenting class on handling that one.” Helena Bonham Carter




