Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Burton taking time out for family

The "Harry Potter" star, who won a top prize at the London Critics' Circle Film Awards, said juggling her roles as an actress and mother is hard work, reported Contactmusic.

The busy stars have both decided to bow out of the spotlight for a while to focus on their young children, son Billy, nine, and five-year-old daughter Nell.

"It's hard. I'm dropping all the balls at the same time. You always think you're dong everything badly. Tim is taking some out and we are trying to be parents now, which is far harder than anything else," she said.