Quotes from Gemma Arterton

Especially with girls, people always want to put them in little brackets.

I was quite naughty at school.

I've never been to the opera; I've only seen opera on DVD.

I've nearly walked off very big films before, and I would, because I don't want that in my life. I want to enjoy the work I do.

I am terrible at video games and I am really competitive. And if I am not the best at something, I go absolutely crazy!

I think when you write an enigmatic character into a film, you have to have real confidence that the audience are going to go with it.

Music is my biggest passion aside from anything else.

I'm always listening to music; I can't live without it.

I was born with lots of deformities.

My family are very down-to-earth people. We are not showbizzy at all.

My family was never cultural in that we never went to see plays, my mum wasn't very into films.