Gemma Ward Quotes

#1. Would it be nice to look like Gemma Ward? Sure. But I have an incredible brain and the ability to write, and I make people laugh pretty much every day. I wouldn't give that up for anything. Those are the things I've learned to value.

Rosie Waterland

#2. I've always admired Cate Blanchett and the roles she chooses. I think she's got an incredible discipline in a way, with choosing roles that are going to help her grow and bring something interesting to the world.

Gemma Ward

#3. I realize you can't please everyone.

Gemma Ward

#4. I wanted to be like an actor or a comedian for a little while, because I was always wanting to make people laugh, and being stupid, so I never thought I'd be doing a job where you always have to look nice, and polished and sophisticated.

Gemma Ward

#5. Hell was full so i came BACK ...

Jayesh Barche

#6. I think in terms of me shying away from modelling, I would like to clarify in some way that I was taking a break from many things in my life and obviously what people in the public see is that I'm pulling away from what is more public.

Gemma Ward

#7. Lots of models have played mermaids throughout history and it is, kind of, a funny rite of passage.

Gemma Ward

#8. Through my whole career, that's been a major thing - bringing my family with me.

Gemma Ward

#9. I have a very, very creative family.

Gemma Ward

#10. To make my brothers and my sister laugh was the greatest joy to me in my life. I like people who can make fun of themselves a lot.

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#11. I have taken a break from the media spotlight for the past few years.

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#12. I never really cared about what I looked like.

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#13. Some girls get swept up in the lifestyle - clubbing and partying with celebrities. You can't live your life like that, though. It's fake.

Gemma Ward

#14. Now gae your wa'sTho'anes as gude As ever happit flesh and blude, Yet part we maunthe case sae hard is, Amang the writers and the bardies That lang they'll brook the auld I trow, Or neibours cry,'Weel brook the new'.

Edna Ferber

#15. I grew up on the beach. It was such a luxury to wake up to the sun and the ocean.

Gemma Ward

#16. As a model you do play a certain role and you know as an actor you play another role.

Gemma Ward

#17. The older we get the more we realize that service to others is the only way to stay happy. If we do nothing to benefit others we will do nothing to benefit ourselves.

Carl Holmes

#18. We grown-ups always try to take the easy way out, the laziest way. We seem to have a great fear of getting tired, as if any energy depleted is lost forever. We want to plan our fatigue the same way we plan everything else.

Twinkle Khanna

#19. He's been dead for so many years, but I'm still trying to impress him. That's what gave me my drive. 'Look at me, Dad, I've succeeded.'

Elton John

#20. I believe a solid, really strong middle-class is the key to making the country in the best way.

Matt Damon

#21. An aphorism is never exactly true; it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths.

Karl Kraus

#22. It's hard if you start believing that you should be really that perfect fantasy ideal, that people start believing because of all of the retouching. You can delve into that fantasy world and play with it, but when you walk away, that's not you.

Gemma Ward

#23. I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

#24. I'm very aware of my spending, but I'm not very aware of my income. There are certain times when I speak to my accountant, or something will pop up, and I'll be like 'oh' but it's not really a frontrunner in my head.

Gemma Ward

#25. I got on stage for the first time when I was seven. From seven until I was about nine it was probably more to do with just being on stage and having the attention.

Gemma Ward

#26. Go home, Rachel. She so likes to to be there for his return. Zachariah is coming, Zachariah is coming! Rachel is all gravity now, nudged from dreams, a swift transition. Rachel dreams much and often. She is not hunted.

Emma Richler

#27. As a child, I was a clown. I didn't hesitate to make a fool of myself and I would love to completely take on wacky characters.

Gemma Ward

#28. It was a hard name having growing up as a child. Some kids would call me names like "Birbiglebug" and "Birbibliography" and "Faggot". Some were more clever than others.

Mike Birbiglia