Gal Gadot

“I represent the 'Wonder Woman' of the new world.”

“Growing up, I was a dancer. I wanted to be a choreographer.”

“The good thing about being an actress is that it's very children-friendly. I can work for three months, and then I can have six months off.”

“At the end of the day, Wonder Woman is a peace seeker. But when fight arrives, she can fight. She's a warrior, and she enjoys the adrenaline of the fight.”

“I am very much in favor of women's rights, being a woman myself, and I support intelligent, successful, independent working women.”

“I think women are amazing for being able to show what they feel. I admire women who do. I think it's a mistake when women cover their emotions to look tough. I say let's own who we are and use it as a strength.”

“Let me start by saying I wish no country had the need for an army. But in Israel, serving is part of being an Israeli. You've got to give back to the state. You give two or three years, and it's not about you. You give your freedom away. You learn discipline and respect.”

“Wonder Woman, she's amazing. I love everything that she represents and everything that she stands for. She's all about love and compassion and truth and justice and equality, and she's a whole lot of woman.”

“What's so lovely about Wonder Woman is yes, she has the strength and power of a goddess, but she has the heart and mind of a human. So I play her as I think a woman like me would act in the situations she's going through. You treat her as a normal woman who happens to be fantastic and almighty.”

“I feel that I've got the opportunity to set a great role model for girls to look up to a strong, active, compassionate, loving, positive woman, and I think it's so important.”

“I really liked to perform. My mother always tells this story: I was five. They had a party, and they'd put me to bed. I heard everyone on the rooftop, and I went upstairs. No one paid any attention to me, so I took a hose and sprayed everyone. Very elegant, right? 'It's me! Look at me!' I loved the attention.”

“I'm kind of sarcastic. Not cynical but sarcastic.”

“All my life, I've been working with male directors, which I've really enjoyed. And I'm lucky in that I've worked with men who have a lot of respect for women. But working with a woman is a different experience. It feels like the communication is different.”

“For me, being an actress, my responsibility is not to pay attention to all the noise around me and to pay attention to the script and the director and protect the character and try to tell her story the best I can.”

“Wonder Woman is a fighter, better than most, but it's what she fights for that is important. It's her vision of a future of peace and acceptance that makes her the right ambassador for everyone.”

“I never planned on being an actress or Wonder Woman, but everything just happened, and I am grateful and happy and in love with what I do.”

“I've been very active all my life. I was a combat instructor in the Israeli Army.”

“If things had gone according to my plans, I'd be a lawyer. I never dreamt of being an actress.”

“I just keep active - everything that's challenging me, everything that I feel like doing.”