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Michelle Gomez

(1966) Stage Actor United Kingdom

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Michelle Gomez is a stage actor from the United Kingdom, best known for Missy Series 1.

Quick Facts About Michelle Gomez

Born: November 23, 1966
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Stage Actor
Notable works: Missy Series 1
Spouse: Jack Davenport

About Michelle Gomez

Michelle May R. Gomez is a Scottish actress. She gained recognition for her roles in the comedy series The Book Group (2002–2003), Green Wing (2004–2007), and Bad Education (2012–2013). She went on to appear as Missy in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who, for which she was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Michelle Gomez

I think there is a difference between being a celebrity and being an actor.

Actor

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It's good for me to pull away from something that is just done for effect, which was basically Sue White in 'Green…

Any

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I used to say Edinburgh was a beautiful actress with no talent. I thought it was just like a shortbread tin. I…

Actress

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I feel so Scottish when I go abroad, and I'm so proud of it, but for me, it's not a political statement…

Abroad

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There is such a thing as having too much of a good thing.

Good thing

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There are times when you come across somebody that's really impressive, someone that's got a proper living and really does make a…

Across

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Jack wasn't my type at all. I thought he was too young and too posh, and I told him that. Plus, I…

Deal

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I'd always used humour as a weapon, as a protection. But being able to make people laugh is a way of not…

Able

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I have no real ambition or strategy. If this was all to finish, it's totally fine. There's a lot more to do…

Always

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I became an actress because I'm lazy. I wouldn't apply myself at school.

Actress

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I had a very bad first experience of Shakespeare at school, and, now I'm determined to put that wrong right and just…

Bad

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I have no interest in being a celebrity. I wouldn't go to anything that I wasn't involved in just for the sake…

Anything

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I'm always slightly worried if I do a film and we're filming it in Luxembourg. I know it's going to go straight…

Always

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A good antidote to nostalgia is to go home, and then you remember why you left.

Antidote

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The older I get, the more I'm starting to believe in myself. I'm beginning to think of roles that I could do…

Allowed

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I wouldn't apply myself at school. I was quite bright, but I didn't do much with it, and I thought acting was…

Acting

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I don't think of myself as an actress. I still think I'm fannying around in my mum's front room.

Actress

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When you get older, everybody sort of changes and moves away. I think that stands the test of time, when you have…

Change

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I'm not scheduling my entire life to death in order to be able do the work I've got to do. So at…

Death

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I've always been a gurner. I tried to reel it in. You know there was a period when I thought I was…

Actress

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I was quite bright, but I didn't do much with it, and I thought acting was dressing up and shouting for a…

Acting

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For a lot of us, we feel nostalgic about something with distance, and then [when] we go back to that thing, you…

Distance

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I bring so much of myself to each character that there's always a worrying point when I think: 'Oh no, I'm really…

Always

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I always say: 'If I'm lucky enough to be given the opportunity to work again, that's it, I'm being wheeled on, sitting…

Again

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The older I get, the more I'm starting to believe in myself.

Believe

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