Gemma Chan

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. ”

Even though I don't necessarily believe in everything that's supernatural, I like being scared and I like things that are suspenseful. ”

I'm quite a rational person. I'm not very superstitious, but I really do enjoy horror as a genre. ”

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.' ”

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. ”

Italy - I love the late-night culture, hanging around the square at midnight with everyone, catching up and having a drink. ”

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. ”

It's really rare in TV not to think, 'Well, I've seen a version of this before.' ”

When you think of things like medicine, people who have lost limbs now have a chance to have a limb replaced that is connected to the brain that they can actually control with their mind. That's amazing. ”

Save the Children is also working to improve accommodation for refugee families living outside settlements. I met a family which had been living in a substandard building without windows, doors or a toilet. ”