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" Growing up in Australia, space exploration wasn't something I was too aware of. "
Yvonne Strahovski
Growing
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" It's often the death of the show when you break the tension and the two lead characters get together. "
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" It's just that I've always been a tomboy, so being thrown into the hot nerd category and the glam thing has been very interesting for me to swallow. "
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" Sarah is very strong. She's really intelligent and she's very physically capable. I like to put that into my own life as well. "
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" The more gunk I have on my face, the less free I feel. "
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" I grew up being absolutely in love with Tom Hanks. I remember, all the kids had Brad Pitt plastered all over their textbooks, and then I had Tom Hanks plastered over mine. "
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" I dreamed big. So it's so great to be living my own dream. I'm working in an industry that I want to work in, and I'm doing something that I love every day. So I feel really lucky to have had so many opportunities. "
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" That's one of the things I miss most about Australia - the countryside. "
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" 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. "
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" I have a strong dance background. I danced from age five until 18, and that helps a lot. Doing a fight routine is like doing a dance routine. "
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" My favorite thing about being an actor is that I get to be so many different people in one lifetime. You sort of get to be all of these different characters. "
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" If someone takes you out, and you're wearing sweatpants and a T-shirt, and they take you to a fancy place and you're unprepared, that's bad. "
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" I love watching a good, freaky horror movie. I love it. It's one of my favorite things to do, to go and see at the cinema. Just to tune out and be freaked out. "
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" You definitely cannot please everyone at all. "
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" I was acting since I was a kid, going to drama classes and being involved in every school play and musical that I could get my hands on, so it was something that was a part of me from a very early age. "
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" I feel lucky that I got to work with some of the big legends in town. "
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" I don't know if this classifies as a video game, but I have a terrible obsession with Angry Birds. "
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" A lot of my skills came from university. We did everything from stage work to operating the sound boards to marketing shows and more. "
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" I've been very physical my whole life. I went out hiking and camping for days in the Australian forest, and when I trained at drama school for three years, we did a whole lot on stage-fighting techniques. And I was a dancer from 5 to 18, so I have a memory for choreography. "
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" Working on camera, your face is your career. But I'm not really one to buy into the pressures. At the end of the day, the job I do, it's more about the art and craft of it. If you're good at what you do, there's a place for you in the industry, no matter what you or your skin look like. "
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" Funnily enough, 'Chuck' prepared me for '24.' "
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" I try to keep my private life private and the acting stuff separate. "
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" 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. "
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" In general, I would say I'm probably a little more conscious of looking after my skin since I moved to L.A. "
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" Most of the film directors expect their actors to want to work fast. "
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" A lot of my friends are in Australia, and it's definitely nice to get back there. "
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" 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.' "
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" '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. "
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" I'm scared of karaoke. I think if I did have a go to karaoke song, it would be 'Whatta Man' by Salt-n-Pepa. "
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