Getting stuck in a plane for four hours on the tarmac on the hottest day of summer in Italy – it was like being trapped in a boiling tin can. Gemma Chan Read Quote
Italy – I love the late-night culture, hanging around the square at midnight with everyone, catching up and having a drink. Gemma Chan Read Quote
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 Read Quote
From my experience, I would say no: actors of East Asian descent don’t get the opportunities white actors do. I know that’s inherently a problem in a country that produces a lot of period drama, but I have to fight so hard to get parts that don’t have something to do with China. Gemma Chan Read Quote
I would have done it happily, but to be a Bond girl isn’t everything I aim for as an actress. Gemma Chan Read Quote
My parents thought they were getting an accountant and a lawyer. Instead, they ended up with a PR and an actress. Gemma Chan Read Quote
I hate the idea that people should listen to what actors have to say on certain issues more than anyone else. Actors have no more right to be heard than anyone. Gemma Chan Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I know we’ve had AI films, but they’ve been quite specific in their scope. The scope of ‘Humans’ is a world set up where this technology is universally accepted. I haven’t seen anything that’s dealt with it in that multi-layered, every-layer-of-society way. Gemma Chan Read Quote
It’s really rare in TV not to think, ‘Well, I’ve seen a version of this before.’ Gemma Chan Read Quote
