Michelle Gomez Quotations

Michelle Gomez is a Scottish actress, most noted for appearing in The Book Group playing Janice McCann and Green Wing playing Sue White.

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"I was trying to explain that this is actually a proper job but just feeling terribly ridiculous as real doctors and real patients were wheeled past," Gomez says, "There are moments when you think: what am I doing with my life?"
- An interview with Foxtel magazine.

"I thought, wow, those people are showing off like me, that’s what I do at home. I can do that and get paid. That was my first realisation that maybe I wasn’t going to be a secretary or a postwoman or a lollipop woman. I did have a moment of thinking I liked the lollipop woman idea. But can you imagine? I would be like, ‘F**king move your car!’ I don’t think that would work."
- An interview with the Sunday Herald talking about when she went to see Kiss Me Kate when she was seven.

"There are times when you come across somebody that’s really impressive, someone that’s got a proper living and really does make a difference to people’s lives. Then I do feel a bit of a wanker, admitting I’m an actress. That’s hard to say to someone who may be making a difference. But I don’t know how I could change things."
- An interview with the Sunday Herald saying why she thinks acting is not as worthy as other professions.