24 Quotes by Michelle Gomez

I'd always used humour as a weapon, as a protection. But being able to make people laugh is a way of not getting in too deep; it's a quick, transient fix.

I bring so much of myself to each character that there's always a worrying point when I think: 'Oh no, I'm really that person.'

I became an actress because I'm lazy. I wouldn't apply myself at school.

I'm always slightly worried if I do a film and we're filming it in Luxembourg. I know it's going to go straight DVD.

I had a very bad first experience of Shakespeare at school, and, now I'm determined to put that wrong right and just make Shakespeare as vivid and live as possible.

I feel so Scottish when I go abroad, and I'm so proud of it, but for me, it's not a political statement - I just happen to be Scottish.

I don't think of myself as an actress. I still think I'm fannying around in my mum's front room.

I always say: 'If I'm lucky enough to be given the opportunity to work again, that's it, I'm being wheeled on, sitting on a sofa, and someone's going to feed me grapes, and I'm not getting up.'

I wouldn't apply myself at school. I was quite bright, but I didn't do much with it, and I thought acting was dressing up and shouting for a living.