Gugu Mbatha-Raw Quotes

Ever since the movie premiered at Cannes, I've had a sudden surge of scripts and interest.

We're trying to set up a movie for me in the near future. It's going to be similar to the story of how I got discovered. Kinda like my own version of '8 Mile.'

It isn't glamorous until after the film is finished, and you are at the premiere and getting your picture on the cover of magazines.

On set is where I feel comfortable. The red carpet stuff, talking about the film, explaining your own life, it doesn't come naturally. It's all necessary stuff I suppose but it's not my strength.

I have done my share of looking glamorous on-screen in many films.

There were certain films where I went, 'Oh, my God, I'm doing a movie.'

I don't really have a bad premiere experience. They're exciting at first. I think, when you first get into the business, you're excited about going down the line and seeing what that's like.

A lot of people say I'd miss show business if I quit. I'd miss some of it. Now it's the only life I know.

If someone asked me to be in a movie, I'd be more than happy.

I did a movie called Marathon Man and it was one of my best memories.

It's been crazy. My life has totally changed. One week I was in school, hanging out with my friends and the next, I'm going to the L.A. premiere of one of the year's biggest movies. It's been a crazy experience.

If you think you're going to be up for an Oscar, you schedule your moviemaking.

I was working at a restaurant, I booked the role in 'Twilight,' put in my two weeks' notice, got fitted, flew to Portland, filmed, and then it started getting hype. That helped me get my foot into certain doors before the movie even came out.

It's always great to be able to go to a premiere with the actors there.

I don't mind doing the whole red carpet thing when I have to when it comes to publicizing a movie. But besides that, I don't like those kinds of things at all. Celebrity status is not really something that appeals to me.

I already played James Dean in a film called Race with Destiny, but it hasn't come out yet.

I never thought about the actors on television or film, like what kind of life they had.

'Stardust' ended up being my first film in 2007.

I have friends who are movie stars, and I think it's just as hard a job as being a working actor. But it's a different job, and it's not the one I want.

The two moments that I felt the most nervous in my entire life were when I first had reading rehearsal for 'G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra' and when I was at the Academy Awards ceremony.

I just stick to my job, which is acting. Things like posters, publicity material, and promotions are entirely the film-maker's prerogative. I don't get into all of that.

It's either some sort of a kismet or something that I've been offered a film like 'Zero Dark Thirty,' which I would have lined up to be the first one to watch that movie, had I not shot it.

Even after spending a substantial time in the entertainment business, before the release of a film, I am nervous.

The release of my first film was a very memorable event in my life. It was stardom overnight. There was a very big premiere.

I made my film debut in 1973.