My parents are wonderful, practical, sensible people, and the expectation was that I would study something academic. Gemma Chan More Quotes by Gemma Chan More Quotes From Gemma Chan If you find something you are passionate about, you've got to try. Even if something doesn't quite work out, disappointment is a temporary thing. Regret lasts forever. Gemma Chan work-outregretdisappointment I haven't always wanted to be an actor, no. I wasn't one of the little kids that was desperate to be an actor. I did a lot of drama and a lot of music, but it was just something for fun on the side. I was quite shy as a kid and I found a lot of freedom in performing. I never knew you could do it as a job. Gemma Chan funjobsdrama Even though I don't necessarily believe in everything that's supernatural, I like being scared and I like things that are suspenseful. Gemma Chan being-scaredscaredbelieve If we just create and don't think about what might happen, that's when we're going to get into trouble. Gemma Chan troublemightthinking I think we have a tendency to support the underdogs. Gemma Chan underdogsupportthinking In the past, we've always come up with new jobs for humans to do and so it's always benefitted us, technological progress, but now we're not really creating enough new jobs to replace the jobs that are being automated. Gemma Chan creatingjobspast Making a pretty picture, an image, is a completely different thing from acting to camera. Gemma Chan camerasdifferentacting At one point I wanted to work for NASA and be an astrophysicist, so I did physics, math, and chemistry before realizing I probably wasn't quite smart enough to do that. But I am still hugely interested in cosmology and astrophysics. That is my geeky subject area. Gemma Chan chemistrysmartmath Our whole economy and society is already being changed by the fact that we have increasing unemployment, mass unemployment and that's what we're facing in the future because of increasing automation. Gemma Chan automationunemploymentfacts I ended up doing a local AmDram musical when I was nine or so. We had to sing and dance and act. It was probably terrible, but I loved it. Gemma Chan terriblemusicalnine I'm quite a rational person. I'm not very superstitious, but I really do enjoy horror as a genre. Gemma Chan genreenjoyhorror I've heard about productions where it still happens: yellow face, taping up the eyes. It's hard to talk about it in a constructive way. Gemma Chan faceeyesyellowway I think 'Humans' is more about provoking the idea that there is a class of beings in society that we treat as less than... as subordinates; people who we treat badly and take for granted. Often they are the same people who work hard to keep the city going. We need to think about that. Gemma Chan citysocietyworkpeople Italy - I love the late-night culture, hanging around the square at midnight with everyone, catching up and having a drink. Gemma Chan hangingdrinkloveculture As a means to an end, modelling was good, but I had to distance myself from it when I started working as an actress, because even though I wasn't high-profile, I found in my first write-ups that I'd be referred to as 'model Gemma Chan.' Gemma Chan endgoodmyselfdistance As a human, you don't have to be too conscious of your movement. I think it's tougher playing a robot than a human, and even tougher playing a robot who begins showing traces of being a human. Gemma Chan yourbeingthinkyou I was given a lot of homework: I had to practise ironing as a synth, practise washing up as a synth, cooking a meal as a synth. It's definitely the most prep I've had to do for a role. Gemma Chan mealuphomeworkcooking Growing up, I never saw any Asian faces on TV, so it didn't feel like a viable option. Gemma Chan feelneverlikegrowing-up I've been fortunate in my career, but, yes, there have been many times when I have been told my audition has been cancelled because they're only going to see white people. Gemma Chan careerseewhitepeople All of us have a lot of physical tics that we don't realize that we're doing subconsciously. Gemma Chan physicalusrealizedoing
