She is very proud of her Jewish heritage and has previously spoken about it during an interview withTotally Jewish.
“I want people to have a good impression of Israel.
She toldRolling Stonethat she had a “sheltered” life, adding, “There was no TV-watching.
It was always “Take a ball and go play."'
Always with wounds and scratches on my knees.”
Which undoubtedly shaped how they would approach life and hard work as adults.
She told the publication, “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?
Look at me!'
I loved the attention.
But I never connected all the dots that maybe I should be an actress.”
She said, “I did dance my entire life.
I played tennis, was on the basketball team, the volleyball team.”
At this point I’m left asking myself, is there anything she isn’t good at?
During an interview withVanity Fair, Gadot spoke about her dancing dreams.
She said, “I was a dancer for 12 years ballet, hip-hop, modern, jazz.
I thought that I wanted to be a choreographer.”
“I was like, ‘Posing for money?
Ugh, it’s not for me,'” she toldRolling Stoneof the interest she was getting.
“I really didn’t want to win the Miss Universe pageant.
It was too much being Miss Israel,” she said.
“I was 19.
I wasn’t that jot down of girl.
I came down late.
I showed up late to everything.
They make you wear evening gowns for breakfast.
I didn’t wear evening gowns to breakfast.
I didn’t wear my makeup.
And I successfully didn’t win.”
During an interview withGlamourmagazine, Gadot spoke about her military experience and what she took away from it.
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.”
“I said, ‘No way.’
I spoke English, but I wasn’t comfortable with it.”
In it she played therole of Miriam ‘Merry’ Elkayam.
The show only ran for one season, from 2007 to 2008.
It’s not for me to be a lawyer, because I don’t like conflict.”
