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" I love singing. I love singing at home. "
Yvonne Strahovski
Singing
Home
I Love
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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 was a tomboy and didn't pay too much attention to my clothes. "
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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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" 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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" I grew up with horrible skin. I had cystic acne ever since I can remember. I ended up finally listening to those people who say you are what you eat. "
Yvonne Strahovski
Remember
Listening
People
" 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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Sound
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Marketing
" It's nice to see more of those meaty female characters emerging because so often in the industry, it's always about the males. "
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Always
Nice
Those
" 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. "
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Teachers
Day
Good
" We live in a society where nothing is sacred. "
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Sacred
Nothing
Live
" 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. "
Yvonne Strahovski
Comedy
Fun
Moments
" It's often the death of the show when you break the tension and the two lead characters get together. "
Yvonne Strahovski
Together
Death
Two
" 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. "
Yvonne Strahovski
She
My Own
Life
" 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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End
Day
Art
" 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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Forest
Life
Drama
" I grew up being scared of the water, which is embarrassing to say as an Australian, but it's true. "
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Say
Water
Up
" Whether it is television or film, the character on the page has to speak to me. "
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Page
Character
" '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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Equality
End
" 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! "
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Lie
Away
Give
" The more gunk I have on my face, the less free I feel. "
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Feel
I Feel
Free
" 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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People
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Different People
" Growing up in Australia, space exploration wasn't something I was too aware of. "
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Growing
Exploration
Space
" I think the Aussieness got beaten out of me back in the States. "
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Out
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" I try to keep my private life private and the acting stuff separate. "
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Keep
Private Life
Try
" It would definitely be fun to do a musical one day. "
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Would
One Day
" I don't remember scenes. I'm like, 'Really, we shot that?' "
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Shot
Like
Scenes
" I had an addiction to sugar growing up - major, major, major. "
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Growing
Growing Up
Sugar
" I don't eat sugar. I eat fruit. "
Yvonne Strahovski
Eat
Sugar
Fruit