Latest Gemma Arterton Quotes from Interviews

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

  Gemma Arterton

  Thinking

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• As my passion is theatre when I do a film I'm taking time out from my theatre career. So, I'm desperate to get back into the theatre. So, I have to make sure that I put my foot down, especially with the agents and stuff, and say: "Hey no, I'm doing some theatre!" It is hard but it matters so much to me that it's just something that's going to be necessary and people will have to deal with it.

  Gemma Arterton

  Passion, People, Theatre

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• In London I'm out and about all the time. I walk everywhere, so people do recognise me and they've probably seen me before so they're not bothered anymore. But I think that's a good thing because if you try and remain mysterious people are surprised when they see you. With me, I think they're just bored of seeing me - but that suits me just fine because I like to live as much of a normal life as I can. That's why I love living in London. People are very respectful of your privacy. If they see you having a coffee in a coffee shop, they're not going to interrupt you.

  Gemma Arterton

  Coffee, Thinking, People

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• My preference will always be theatre because it's where my heart lies and it's what I started with and eventually I want to direct it. It's where my real interest is. But I just love trying out new stuff. Acting for me isn't just for me about being in front of a camera ... it's so much more than that. It's always about telling a story and there are so many ways of doing that, so I'll always want to try something else.

  Gemma Arterton

  Real, Lying, Heart

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• I'm always surprised at what I actually end up doing movies because I don't have a strategy or a game plan, especially now that I'm making my own choices where to act. I love strange things; my favorite movies are weird, eclectic, and intriguing.

  Gemma Arterton

  Choices, Strange, Intriguing

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I was approached by Avon which took me by surprise, cause I thought "why me?" I thought it would be Olga, but they wanted me to be the face of their fragrance and since filming Bond I have recorded an ad that looks great and obviously the stills. It's brilliant because I never thought I would get to do anything like that and it is a lovely opportunity.

  Gemma Arterton

  Opportunity, Lovely, Faces

  "Female Bond-ing". Interview with Bonnie Laufer-Krebs, quantumofsolace.tribute.ca.

• 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

  Mom, Kids, Makeup

  "Female Bond-ing". Interview with Bonnie Laufer-Krebs, quantumofsolace.tribute.ca.

• 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

  Thinking, Interesting, Edginess

  "Gemma Arterton Interview". Interview with Bonnie Laufer-Krebs, quantumofsolace.tribute.ca.

• 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

  Girl, Character, Thinking

  "Female Bond-ing". Interview with Bonnie Laufer-Krebs, quantumofsolace.tribute.ca.

• 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

  Clever, Smart, Thinking

  "Female Bond-ing". Interview with Bonnie Laufer-Krebs, quantumofsolace.tribute.ca.

• There is one scene where he is kissing up my back. It is really sexy and I didn't know he was going to do it. He started doing it and in the film you see me saying, whew, and that wasn't acting, that was really me thinking, whew, oh my goodness Daniel Craig is kissing my back! I really did. I had to stop and remind myself that I was playing a character and I was acting in a film.

  Gemma Arterton

  Sexy, Character, Kissing

  "Female Bond-ing". Interview with Bonnie Laufer-Krebs, quantumofsolace.tribute.ca.

• 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

  Song, Ocean, Moon

  "Female Bond-ing". Interview with Bonnie Laufer-Krebs, quantumofsolace.tribute.ca.

• 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

  Directors, Different, Auditions

  "Female Bond-ing". Interview with Bonnie Laufer-Krebs, quantumofsolace.tribute.ca.

• It was great and I had fun that day even though I was so sort of pleased when it was over to get through it. I didn't realize at the time that usually they screen test a number of actresses for the part, but they only tested me. So I think they knew then they wanted me to do it, and I wish they told me because I wouldn't have been so nervous. That was quite funny.

  Gemma Arterton

  Fun, Thinking, Numbers

  "Female Bond-ing". Interview with Bonnie Laufer-Krebs, quantumofsolace.tribute.ca.

• 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.

  Gemma Arterton

  Attitude, Worry, Nervous

  "Female Bond-ing". Interview with Bonnie Laufer-Krebs, quantumofsolace.tribute.ca.

• 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

  Real, Writing, Character

  "Gemma Arterton On Set Interview Clash Of The Titans". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. February 17, 2010.

• 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

  Hollywood, Cinema, Film

  "The Disappearance of Alice Creed - Gemma Arterton interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

• 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

  Hollywood, Way, Problem

  "The Disappearance of Alice Creed - Gemma Arterton interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

• 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!"

  Gemma Arterton

  Ties, Guy, Kind

  "The Disappearance of Alice Creed - Gemma Arterton interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

• 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.

  Gemma Arterton

  Home, One Day, Needs

  "The Disappearance of Alice Creed - Gemma Arterton interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

• 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.

  Gemma Arterton

  Jobs, People, Effort

  "The Disappearance of Alice Creed - Gemma Arterton interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

• 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

  Sleep, Thinking, People

  "Gemma Arterton Exclusive Interview Tamara Drewe; Plus a Clash Of The Titans 2 Update". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 20, 2014.

• 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

  Sweet, Home, Supportive

  "Gemma Arterton Exclusive Interview TAMARA DREWE; Plus a CLASH OF THE TITANS 2 Update". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 6, 2010.

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

  Gemma Arterton

  Strong, Independent, Opposites

  "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - Gemma Arterton interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.