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" I didn't know much about the 'Walking Dead' until after I booked the gig, and then I watched the first four seasons. I binge watched them in two weeks, and at that moment I realised, 'Oh, this is a much bigger thing than I thought it was.' "

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" 'The 100' gave me this platform I never expected. I didn't expect the character to become anything. I was originally only signed up to do six episodes, and then it just sort of become this whole story and journey, which was an amazing character, a great journey, so that has been incredible, and I didn't expect anything out of it. "

Alycia Debnam-Carey

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" Watch 'Fear the Walking Dead,' because we'd love your support, but I think 'The 100' is such a great show; it was a great show before I got there. It's only getting better, and I'm so lucky I got to be a part of it. "

" If one sibling does something, the other will fill the opposite role. I found, at least for my brother and I in real life, that seems to be a thing. "

" My whole philosophy has been to let the work speak for itself, because that's really what you want to show. "

" That doomsday idea is in everybody's subconscious. "

" At first, I was saying to my rep, 'I don't know if this is really my thing.' I get heart palpitations just watching basic comedy-horror stuff. "

" When I was younger, I could get that white-knuckle grip of holding on to an idea and not wanting to let it go. "

Alycia Debnam-Carey

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" Having no expectations is a really good thing. "

" I hated L.A. when I first got here. Hated it. "

" That's bizarre to see, L.A., downtown, and to feel like you're the only person there. "

" Film is a lot different. You have the whole script in its entirety, and you have a couple of weeks to learn different scenes, really go over them and rehearse them so when you get to them they're more fleshed out. But TV shows are harder. "

" My mom's a children's television writer, so I was involved and around from a very young age. When I was eight, I did my first film with Rachel Ward and Bryan Brown, who are a quite well-respected Australian producer-director duo, and that just changed my whole perspective on what I could do in life and be. "

" I started to let go and seeing that there are no rules. "

" I must say, I always - from experience, when I watch TV shows and I see characters leave without a proper explanation or leave with not enough time, I get irritated. I like it when there's a clean-cut reason or a defining moment where they have to go. Whether that's death or not, I think that's subjective. "

" Playing normal is hard - especially playing normal that's not you. "

" Siblings are often very opposite. "

" I didn't do the 'Home And Away' thing. "

" That contagion idea is so relevant and shows how quickly civilization could self-destruct. "

" Teen fandom is so potent. Any choice they make in pop culture forces the rest of the world to take notice. "

" Going back to 'The 100' is something I definitely wanted to do because the show is so great, and I'm so grateful to be part of it. "

" 'The Walking Dead' do such a great job with that world. It is real, but it's also otherworldly; it's strangely theatrical, and I suddenly did become quite invested in the whole zombie phenomenon. "

" The moment the world falls apart, you start forgetting history and wrongdoings in the past. "

" Usually with something like 'The 100,' because you're working so much and every day, and they'll change the drafts quite quickly, we'll go through maybe, like, 12 different versions of the same scene over a week. So there is no point in learning it on a Tuesday when on a Thursday it might be completely different. "