Arterton Versus Quotes & Sayings

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 ... — Gemma Arterton

He [Daniel Craig] is mysterious, and I think that that's the thing Bond has to exude, that kind of mysterious edge. He draws you in, but he is also incredibly cool, you know, James Bond is cool and sharp and Daniel has that to a tee, and he's also got the rawness and an edginess to him that is slightly unhinged, and you're not sure what is going on there, and I think that is really intriguing and interesting. It is a lot weightier and gritty, and he has that. — Gemma Arterton

It's a surreal thing because you are there and made up and dressed up as if you're making the film. You do the scene, which is going to be in the film, and I met him [Daniel Craig] and I'm working with the director, and so it is different to just a normal audition. — Gemma Arterton

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. — Gemma Arterton

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. — Gemma Arterton

Music is my biggest passion aside from anything else. — Gemma Arterton

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. — Gemma Arterton

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

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

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. — Gemma Arterton

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

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

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

My mom used to sell Avon when my mom was a kid for about three years, and so it was like the first make up I saw. And when I first found out about makeup it was Avon makeup and I remember putting my mom's red lipstick on my cheeks and thinking that is where it went, and that was Avon. So it's weird how your life turns out and how things come round, and it is brilliant. — Gemma Arterton

Gemma Arterton in 'The Master Builder' at the Almeida - she was absolutely brilliant. Ibsen is difficult and quite hard to follow, but she just brings the stage to life. — Luke Evans

I was on this boat in the middle of the ocean scuba diving for this film I did, and I was with actor Mackenzie Cook, who is in it as well, and I didn't have my phone on me. The producer of the film handed me over this phone and said "someone is on the phone for you Gemma," and here I am completely in all of the scuba gear on with the tank on, and a helmet. My agent just went "dum, dum, dum, dum"(hums Bond theme song), and I just knew then, and I went ahhhh madness, and I was over the moon, — Gemma Arterton

I grew up on Bond, and it is part of my culture, especially in Britain. Just to be known as a Bond girl is an incredible thing for me, because some of my favorite actresses have been Bond girls, like Diana Rigg and Honor Blackman, and they have continued to work and be brilliant. I am honored and flattered to be called that, even though I don't really think my character is Bond-girly, but I'm still going to be labeled as a Bond girl, which is completely brilliant. — Gemma Arterton

It's such a male-dominated industry. You can be a feminist, it's just difficult because it sometimes comes back at you. — Gemma Arterton

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. — Gemma Arterton

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

I was born with lots of deformities. — Gemma Arterton

Because of the fact I look a lot younger than I really am, I think, I end up getting these girl-next-door roles. I mean, I'm not a Gemma Arterton type as far as I can tell. — Kimberley Nixon

I was quite naughty at school. — Gemma Arterton

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. — Gemma Arterton

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. — Gemma Arterton

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. — Gemma Arterton

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

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. — Gemma Arterton

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. — Gemma Arterton

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