- On feminism: "People always ask me, 'Are you a feminist?' And I find the question surprising, because I think, 'Yes, of course. Every woman, every man, everyone should be a feminist. Because whoever is not a feminist is a sexist.'"
- At first didn't want to model because she didn't want to pose for money, then opted to try out for Miss Israel (which she won) but she purposefully tanked (by pretending not to speak English and not wearing the right things) at Miss Universe, saying it was too much responsibility as an 18 year old
- For Gadot, Wonder Woman "stands for love and hope and acceptance and fighting evil" which she relates to her family's experiences; her maternal grandfather's father died in the Czech army and his mother and brother died in Auschwitz. On how her grandfather inspires her, she says: "After all the horrors he'd seen, he was like this damaged bird, but he was always hopeful and positive and full of love. If I was raised in a place where these values were not so strong, things would be different. But it was very easy for me to."
- Responds to criticisms that Wonder Woman should have been more curvy: "I told them, 'Listen, if you want to be for real, then the Amazons, they had only one boob. Exactly one boob. So what are you talking about here? Me having small boobs and small ass? That will make all the difference.'"
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