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" 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

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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. "

" I was pretty nervous when I met Robert DeNiro. I kind of felt like a kid in a candy store for the first time. I couldn't wipe the grin off of my face. But Bobby DeNiro was really, really sweet and made me feel very comfortable. He's very low-key and just a superstar professional, and totally someone to be admired. "

" 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. "

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

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

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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. "

" 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. "

" I'm pretty gross. When I talk I can be gross and crude. "

" 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.' "

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

" It would definitely be fun to do a musical one day. "

" 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.' "

" I've never been good at meditation, but surfing is the closest I've ever come to that inner something. "

" There's always chatter about a 'Chuck' movie. So nobody's opposed to it. It's just a matter of getting everything lined up. "

" 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. "

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

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" Whether it is television or film, the character on the page has to speak to me. "

" I wanted to honor my heritage and where I came from and keep the name. It was a tough decision to even change the spelling of it phonetically. I wanted to keep it as close to the original as it can be. "

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" 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. "

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

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

" I loved school, I loved putting on my uniform and doing homework every day. I was one of those good students that the teachers liked. I guess that's got to be a pretty nerdy, geeky part of me. "

" Ironically, I'm a really crap liar, even though I do it for a living. I give away too much, somehow. I can't lie! "

" I was in Toronto when the big Women's March was going on, and I thought, 'Well, I've never been to a protest, and I can't sit this one out, and they're having a gathering here in Toronto, so I may as well go,' and gosh, I didn't expect 60,000 or 65,000 people to be there - it was huge! It was something that I didn't feel I could sit out at all. "

" You definitely cannot please everyone at all. "

" I guess I am a bit of a traditionalist. "

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