Gemma Arterton Quotes
Never in my short career, I've never had that experience where I wasn't sure if I was acting or if it was real.
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Well, one of my favorite ones to work on - besides just about any scene from 'Deadwood' - was my scene with Brad Pitt in 'Assassination of Jesse James'. That was just a fun day.
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The niqab, for some, has become an antiestablishment symbol around which one can rally and relish in the opportunities for confrontation that it provides.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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I was a tomboy.
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The only people who never fail are those who never try.
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Acting is exciting. It is different every time you do it.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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I always encourage over-tipping if you can afford it because... share the wealth.
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I wasn't really excited about doing television, to be quite honest.
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I'm a good guy. I love playing bad guys, but good guys that have a good thing going on, I like that, too. I don't like passive good guys.
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All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowledge and love of God.
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I just started making Bloody Marys. I always thought they looked gross, then I tasted one. There's an art to it, from the Tabasco to the Worcestershire.
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I'm very respectful in everything I wear. I think about it.
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I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.
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All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.
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Well, a younger woman is a type, but not necessarily a type for me. And what is a younger woman? I mean, I'm pretty old. Almost everyone is younger.
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The fact that one can lose one's sense of self in an ocean of tranquility does not mean that one's consciousness is immaterial or that it presided over the birth of the universe.
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The biggest challenge for me has been in coping with my perfectionism. I have a stiflingly hard time moving forward in a project if it's not 'just right' all along the way. The trap I so easily fall into is rewriting and rewriting the same scenes over and over to make them perfect, instead of continuing on into the wild unknown of the story.
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Most of the Jewish refugees, stripped of their considerable possessions, came to Israel. They were welcomed by the Jewish state. They were given shelter and support, and they were integrated into Israeli society together with half a million survivors of the European Holocaust.
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With acting, you might have a month of very intense work, but you've got a lot of downtime as well.
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The only real politics I knew was that if a guy liked Hitler, I'd beat the stuffing out of him and that would be it.
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I can bulk up very fast. I can lift heavy weights because, like most people, I started off with heavy workouts. That's stayed in my muscle memory. I feel horrible when I feel my jeans are getting tight. Workouts peace me out.
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Never in my short career, I've never had that experience where I wasn't sure if I was acting or if it was real.
