Gemma Arterton Quotes

I am terrible at video games and I am really competitive. And if I am not the best at something, I go absolutely crazy!

I always thought I was going to end up an old spinster, with my cats and fur coats.

I don't want to be about the way I look - my body, my hair, my makeup, all those boring things.

I was in lots of dodgy bands growing up and I always fancied myself in a band. But, you know, I was rubbish at writing music. So maybe one day I'll play a rock star, or punk rocker.

When I go home, everyone's very proud. I get recognized the most when I go back to my hometown, but it's in a really sweet way. They're just very proud and supportive.

I have this attitude to life that is not to take anything too seriously and not worry about anything, and when I met him I wasn't too nervous and I was being myself.

My family are very down-to-earth people. We are not showbizzy at all.

I've never understood people that sleep around. I think there's something very lacking in your life when you do, not to be judgmental.

I was quite naughty at school.

I love strange things; my favorite movies are weird, eclectic, and intriguing.

I actually had a cockney accent before I went to drama school. It's softened up a bit.

I was born with lots of deformities.

It's interesting for me to always make myself look very different.

I'm quite a physical person and I gesticulate a lot, which can be a problem when you're in Hollywood and they do everything in a minimalist way.

I probably should get a bit more star-struck but I never do.

I don't know why it's still a taboo to be a feminist.

I was born with six fingers on each hand.

Never in my short career, I've never had that experience where I wasn't sure if I was acting or if it was real.

I've nearly walked off very big films before, and I would, because I don't want that in my life. I want to enjoy the work I do.

I'm always listening to music; I can't live without it.

I've never been to the opera; I've only seen opera on DVD.

I've done about four deaths in films now, and I think it's quite good because then it's sort of a memorable moment in the film.

Especially with girls, people always want to put them in little brackets.

When I watch myself in movies I go, 'My God.'

I don't go out and go to parties and do all of that.

My family was never cultural in that we never went to see plays, my mum wasn't very into films.

There was one day where I had to be hysterical all day, then of course it's going to affect you. You're going to go home and feel drained, or feel like you need to let off steam.

I think my favorite is Honor Blackman because she is classy and she is British. With Bond, I love how British it is actually. She is classy and clever and smart and sharp.

The films that I go to see at the cinema are not Hollywood blockbusters particularly. I've not got anything against them... I'm in them! But I don't go and spend my money on them.

I'm kind of a chatty person and the props guys would have to handcuff me and tie me up and sometimes I'd just be chatting and they'd just pop it back in... like: "OK now, shut up!"

I think when you write an enigmatic character into a film, you have to have real confidence that the audience are going to go with it.

I think, for me, I'm always more interested in the process of making the movie than the movie itself

I've worked on jobs where there are almost 200 people on set... you always make an effort to have a relationship but you can't really when there's 200.

Music is my biggest passion aside from anything else.

Sometimes, I feel that if you're a strong, independent woman it scares people away, but actually it does the opposite.

You can't connect with something you're not passionate about.