“I never wanted to be a fashion designer, although there is a book somewhere of fashion design I did for a collection when I was seven years old. I always wanted to be an actor.” YearsBookWantedActorsFashionDesignSevenDesignerCollectionsSeven YearsFashion DesignerFashion Design Author:Gwendoline Christie
“I did rhythmic gymnastics and I absolutely adored it. I was in the squad for Sussex. I wasn't stupendous, but it was something that I was good at and I really loved the combination of discipline and expression. That, to me, was just dreamy.” ExpressionDisciplineCombinationGymnasticsDreamySquad Author:Gwendoline Christie
“The freedom to be someone else entirely and be different versions of something. That's what I loved and I loved watching movies and I loved watching television, I loved reading books. That kind of escapism into another world was my favorite thing.” WorldKindBookDifferentReadingTelevisionMy FavoriteVersionsReading BooksAnother WorldEscapismFavorites ThingsWatching Television Author:Gwendoline Christie
“They told me I would find it difficult to find work because of the way that I look and they weren't wrong. [laughs] I thought, "Well, I'll prove you wrong" because I genuinely believed that the world was a more diverse place than they perhaps viewed it to be.” WorldWayWellsLooksDifficultLaughingProveDiverse Author:Gwendoline Christie
“I was really, really lucky because I have always worked. It hasn't always been consistent, but I have always worked.” LuckyConsistent Author:Gwendoline Christie
“I heard that a lot and I just sort of thought, the world was an even more interesting place than the people who were making the decisions were perhaps interpreting it to be.” PeopleWorldDecisionInterestingHeardInterpretingInteresting Places Author:Gwendoline Christie
“I had done lots of theater and I really wanted to do screen work. I said to my agent, "Look, I really want to do screen work and I want to concentrate on that now" and he said, "Well, it's going to be tough for you."” WantWellsLooksSaidDoneWantedToughTheaterScreensAgents Author:Gwendoline Christie
“I built stages and I did stage management - I think I built the sets twice, I happened to be good with a drill, which is a talent I didn't know I had.” ThinkingKnowsHappenedStageTalentBuiltManagementBe GoodDrills Author:Gwendoline Christie
“I'm just not wearing any makeup. People thinking I'm wearing prosthetics of all sorts, I just don't have any makeup on.” PeopleThinkingMakeupProsthetics Author:Gwendoline Christie
“If you are a Jedi, just understand something: people are going to be chasing you. The Jedi Council of every city you enter is going to be chasing you. I've been accosted by the Jedi Council in Rio and everywhere else.” PeopleIfsCitiesChasingCouncilRio Author:Samuel L. Jackson