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" I know that one of the distinguishing things was I looked like I could hold a gun, even though I'd never held one before and I'm physically able to do the martial arts and all that stuff. "

Yvonne Strahovski

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Arts

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Hands

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

Yvonne Strahovski

Chuck

Prepared

" 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. "

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

Yvonne Strahovski

Always

Dance

" I would love to explore film seeing as I have prominently been on television. It would be nice to change it up and focus on film a little bit. "

" I landed the female lead role on 'Chuck' within three days of landing in L.A., so it was a little overwhelming, and I definitely felt like I got thrown into the deep end. "

Yvonne Strahovski

Three

Lead

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

" It's, like, your classic journey from a drama school. I went straight to the three-year acting degree, and I waitressed throughout that to support myself and for the first six months after I graduated. Then I started to get commercials here and there, and then I got a couple of roles in Australia and then a more regular role on a TV series. "

" The more gunk I have on my face, the less free I feel. "

" 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 remember being at Greenblatt's on Sunset, and some guy just walked straight up to me, and he had some bling on and whatever, and said something about a party down in Malibu and asked if I would jump in his car and go to the party. All I could think was, 'Who are you? I don't know you, and I don't care about how good your car is.' "

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Sunset

Think

" I feel lucky that I got to work with some of the big legends in town. "

" I love singing. I love singing at home. "

" 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. "

Yvonne Strahovski

Song

Scared

" 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. "

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

" If I can't do high kicks or dance in it, then I won't wear it. "

" 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. "

" Filming '24' is just like watching '24.' "

Yvonne Strahovski

Watching

Filming

" Most of the film directors expect their actors to want to work fast. "

" 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.' "

" I grew up doing musicals in my childhood at school, along with all the plays I used to be involved in. "

" I always had dreams as a kid. I definitely sat at home and watched the Oscars every year and got emotional every year at everyone's speeches. "

" 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. "