72 Quotes by 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.

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

When I watch myself in movies I go, ‘My God.’

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

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.

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.

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...

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.