Helena Bonham Carter says her partner Tim Burton is her ''hero''.

The actress collaborated with the director once again on new movie 'Dark Shadows' and Helena insists she has the utmost respect for Tim - with whom she has two children, Billy, eight, and four-year-old Nell.

Johnny Depp says thinking of an ''incredibly stoned'' George W. Bush was his main inspiration to play Willy Wonka.

The 'Dark Shadows' actor considered how the former US President might act if he was high when he was thinking about the best way to portray the fictional character in Tim Burton's 2005 movie 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', and he loves injecting some ''irreverence or absurdity'' into his alter-egos.

Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton are too ''lazy'' to get married.

The couple - who have been together 11 years and have children Billy, eight, and four-year-old Nell - famously live in adjoining houses because they need space from one another, though the actress insists this doesn't mean their relationship isn't serious.

Helena Bonham Carter gets ''sent off'' by partner Tim Burton if he disapproves of her behaviour.

The 'Dark Shadows' actress says the American filmmaker - with whom she has two children, Billy, eight, and four-year-old Nell - is obsessed with soccer and mimics the disciplinary process used in the game to reprimand her.