Gemma Arterton Quotes

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

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

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• I’m always surprised at what I actually end up doing because I don’t have a strategy or a game plan, especially now that I’m making my own choices.

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• I’m looking at working with people I get on with, that respect me, that don’t just see me as a piece of ass. Which I have experienced as well. 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• Music is my biggest passion aside from anything else.

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• I wouldn’t change a thing in my own life, but I’d like to go back in time anyway though, just to some sort of eras that I wish I’d lived in – like the ’60s. I’d love to have been in London in the ’60s, partying away.

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• I was born with six fingers on each hand.

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• I was born with lots of deformities.

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

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

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

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• It’s difficult for a young girl like me. Because there’s a certain time for young actresses, which is like a really juicy period when all the parts are love interests and young heroines. Of course, there’s always work for men whatever age they are.

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• It’s such a male-dominated industry. You can be a feminist, it’s just difficult because it sometimes comes back at you.

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

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

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

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• The industry is quite chauvinistic generally. Expectations of women, girls, what they should look like, how they should be, what they should say, what they should wear, how their hair should be, what colour their skin should be.

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Gemma Arterton (30)

Birth:	2nd February, 1986
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Actress

About

Gemma Christina Arterton was born in Gravesend, Kent, England. She is an English actress. She made her film debut in the comedy film St Trinian's in 2007. Her breakthrough role was in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace, playing Bond Girl Strawberry Fields, which won her an Empire Award for Best Newcomer. She graduated from Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2008. Her sister, Hannah Arterton, is also an actress. Her role in several films include: Three and Out, Tamara Drewe, Clash of the Titans, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Byzantium, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, and Runner Runner.

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