Gemma Arterton Quotes

In 2003, I had the pleasure of acting in three films.

When I did the film Generations, in which the character died, I felt like a guest for the first time. That made me very sad.

I have done performance-based roles earlier, films which revolved around me. 'Kshatriya' was one such solid role. And, at that time, people had written good things about it.

In feature films, I used to be the hero's friend, a regular character. In short films, I played the hero; I got roles where I could work on my character and performance. They made me aware of myself as an actor.

I've played a lot of mothers in my movies.

The thing is, I love a great death scene - no good actor doesn't. Sorry, any actor, I should say.

There's lots of incredible roles out there that I'd love to tackle, but there's a select group of actors I find myself gravitating towards, like Philip Seymour Hoffman or Sean Penn or Daniel Day-Lewis - real transformational actors.

I've got a range as an actor! There was a time I played dramatic leading men.

I was always a character actor. I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood.

As an actor, you are in a unique position because you're not only memorizing dialogue but really embodying it. You naturally feel the rhythm of good writing.

Once you do something violent in a film, you don't have to do too much. You do it once and the feeling of violence just stays there, do you know what I'm saying?

I'm an actor, and I don't look at myself as providing comic relief. I have done diverse and dark roles such as a psycho, murderer, and others in films such as 'Don', 'Eklavya' and '3 Idiots.'

Film acting has been a very pure experience, because you have to give the purest form of yourself as an artist.

I like drama. My first movie that I did, 'Soul Survivors', was a drama, and I'm just drawn to that; that's sort of my forte.

With films, you completely immerse yourself in a character, get into who they are, live it and then release it.

Movie acting is about covering the machinery. Stage acting is about exposing the machinery. In cinema, you should think the actor is playing himself, if he's that good. It looks very easy. It should. But it's not, I assure you.

You can lose in cinema too if you don't put on a good performance.

'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors.

I had just done a movie prior to 'Employee of the Month' called 'Let's Go to Prison' and Will Arnett got to play the bad guy. I would watch him daily and couldn't wait to get the chance 'til I played a bad guy.

I always wanted to be a character actor. I love watching movies where you don't recognize someone because they're so lost in the part.

I guess I'm just good at playing repressed individuals. I'm lucky because those are often the roles that catch people's eyes.

As an actor, it's great to play a strong leader with a heart of gold.

Well, acting has been a dream of mine since I can remember; being in the movies and acting, having those experiences.

In my first film, Five Corners, I played a very scary, violent crazed character, and it exposed me to a lot of directors.

I worked with Roger Moore on three episodes of 'The Saint.' He is a lovely man, a good director, and was my favourite actor to work with.