Top 88 Quotes & Sayings by Yvonne Strahovski - Page 2

I think humans are fascinating in general. We're so weird. We do so many quirky things, and we don't even know it. There's just so many layers upon layers of nuances in everything we do, and the most fun part as an actor is trying to get into all those nuances, whether they're conscious or unconscious.

'The Handmaid's Tale' is a human story, and women's rights are human rights, and it's all about equality, but at the end of the day, it's not equal.

We did a lot of high school productions. My first was 'Twelfth Night.' I played Viola. We did 'Much Ado About Nothing' and 'Taming of the Shrew,' and a lot of musicals: 'The Wiz,' 'Bye Bye Birdie,' 'Oliver.'

One of the books I remember reading when I was young and always thought would be a great role to play is Catherine in 'Wuthering Heights.' I like the classics.

Funnily enough, 'Chuck' prepared me for '24.'

I've tried coconut water straight up before, and to me, it's a little funky.

I grew up being a dancer, so I was always doing some sort of dance number, like the Tornado in 'The Wiz.'

It's often the death of the show when you break the tension and the two lead characters get together.

I can put my legs behind my head. That's a fun fact that not a lot of people know!

Growing up in Australia, space exploration wasn't something I was too aware of.

I grew up being scared of the water, which is embarrassing to say as an Australian, but it's true.

We don't really see a lot of comedic moments in '24.' In fact, I haven't seen all of it, but from what I have seen, I don't know if I've ever laughed at anything that anyone has done on '24.'

I enjoy a character who sticks to her guns, who's always challenging herself. That's something I can relate to.

That's one of the things I miss most about Australia - the countryside.

I feel like with 'Chuck,' because it was a comedy-based show, it was more cartoon-ish. It was just more playful. We had a lot more fun with it. There was a lot of silliness in there. There were serious moments, as well, and there was a lot of heart in that show, but its baseline was comedy.

I didn't grow up with a lot of babies in my life because I only grew up with my parents - I didn't have any brothers or sisters - and I didn't have my family close by.

I'm a crier. I always cry. I cry at the dumbest things, too. This is why I sort of steer clear of movies and films that I know are going to be depressing. I don't care how many awards they've won - I know they're good. I don't need to watch them, because I don't want to be depressed, and I don't want to cry.

TV, film, and theater are considered art, and art is a reflection of life. What happens in life includes violence, unfortunately.

Before I started surfing, I don't even know if I would have dived into the water at night alone. It was still scary.

I try to keep my private life private and the acting stuff separate.

A lot of my friends are in Australia, and it's definitely nice to get back there.

I was lucky that I got to do films in between seasons of 'Chuck.'

There's something about trying to figure out why someone is doing something that on the outside is horrible - what drives them to do that? What could drive any human being to that kind of behaviour?

I'm not a singer. In 'Bye Bye Birdie,' I think I was the sad girl who sits on the park bench during 'Put on a Happy Face.'

It's good to kind of go up and down with the love thing.

I loved, loved, loved the fight that I got to do with Matthew Bomer, who plays Bryce, when we did the fight scene that was back to back in the Buy More.

I don't want to be the funny girl or the serious girl. I would hope to touch on all different genres and all different types of characters, which I think I've been lucky enough to do, so far.

I've been lucky enough to get a taste of the feature film world, the TV world and Broadway, as well, and see what everything is like. For me, it's very much about the character and how different it is from something I've done earlier.