I have sisters who act, and I'd always seen it as their thing. I was never in the school plays like them - I wanted to be a painter. Gabriella Wilde More Quotes by Gabriella Wilde More Quotes From Gabriella Wilde I’d really love to be a versatile, chameleon-like actress, stretching myself a bit. Gabriella Wilde stretching chameleon actresses When you’re young, whatever you do that makes you stand out is a frightening thing. You learn later that that’s what you want to do, stand out. Gabriella Wilde standing-out young want This is a profession in which how you look dictates whether or not you get work, so a model has to be healthy. Gabriella Wilde profession healthy looks I'm not a fashionista - I adore creative and original people with their own style. Gabriella Wilde style creative people Being in water makes me relax instantly. Gabriella Wilde being me relax water I think probably honesty is the biggest quality I look for in a relationship. Being exactly who you are with the other person. Gabriella Wilde you quality honesty relationship I like to be underdressed rather than overdressed. For an event or a premiere, it's fun to dress up more - then I like to experiment. Gabriella Wilde dress more like fun I'm not really a fan of Valentine's Day. I think it can be romantic doing nothing on Valentine's Day. It's more romantic than being given a big bunch of flowers that everyone else is doing. Gabriella Wilde flowers day think romantic I don't agree with boarding school. It's not something that I would do with my children, but I think it's something that kind of exists in England in a traditional way, and you do form very close relationships with the girls you go to school with. But it is a strange thing to live in an environment which is solely female. Gabriella Wilde think you children school After studying art, I was a painter for a while and was asked to audition for a movie randomly. I hadn't thought of acting before that. Gabriella Wilde studying thought acting art I have never had the ambition to be famous for nothing. You have to do something with your life. Gabriella Wilde never you ambition life I actually really love British and European cinema, but you have to go where the work is, and for me, it's in America. Gabriella Wilde me you work love It can be difficult to get cast as something that is off-center from you, and my biggest fear is to be typecast. Gabriella Wilde something you difficult fear For me, acting is a long-term thing. I'm not in a hurry to make it. I have no desire to explode onto the film industry. I still want to be acting when I'm 60. Gabriella Wilde me acting want desire My only experience with American things is through movies. Gabriella Wilde american movies things experience It's a little strange when part of your family is in the public eye, and you're being put into a box that you're not necessarily in. That's when it starts to feel a bit odd: When you're being told who you are, but it's incorrect. Gabriella Wilde feel you family eye Feeling really safe as an actor is not a great thing because you're not learning or growing. Gabriella Wilde feeling great you learning To open yourself up and open your heart, it's a scary thing in life, let alone a movie. Gabriella Wilde alone yourself heart life When you tell people you are a model, they have a very narrow view of who you are, and it's good to be able to say that it's not all that I am. Gabriella Wilde i-am good you people I do think that people outside the fashion industry imagine that being a model is what you might call quick, easy money, but it can be very lonely - you have to be quite tough. It's also very physically demanding. Gabriella Wilde you fashion money people