Gemma Arterton

“I don't want to be about the way I look - my body, my hair, my makeup, all those boring things.”

“I always thought I was going to end up an old spinster, with my cats and fur coats.”

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

“I wouldn't change a thing in my own life, but I'd like to go back in time anyway though, just to some sort of eras that I wish I'd lived in - like the '60s. I'd love to have been in London i...”

“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'm always surprised at what I actually end up doing because I don't have a strategy or a game plan, especially now that I'm making my own choices.”

“My mother, she had a very good attitude toward money. I'm very grateful for the fact that we had to learn to save. I used to get like 50 pence a week, and I'd save it for like five months. A...”

“It's difficult for a young girl like me. Because there's a certain time for young actresses, which is like a really juicy period when all the parts are love interests and young heroines. Of...”

“I love strange things; my favorite movies are weird, eclectic, and intriguing.”