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" I speak three other languages - Serbian, French, and Italian - but typically read in English. "
Stana Katic
Other
Three
English
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" My parents were European immigrants. They came to the States with $1,500, two suitcases, and me, and they managed to build a business, a family, and a future for their family. They didn't have any of the resources of people who have lived here for two or three generations. "
Stana Katic
Future
Family
Me
" I was trained on piano - that was part of grade school and high school. "
Stana Katic
High
High School
Part
" In my line of work, someone may say, 'Guess what? You've got to be on a plane in two hours.' So I keep a toothbrush and toothpaste on me. "
Stana Katic
Say
Line
Me
" I have a lot of brothers. It's easy for me to do physical stuff. I had to survive. I really love it, and I'd love to do more of it. I want to do action films. I want to go and hang off of wires, and jump off of bridges, and hang on bungee cords. I've always really loved it. "
Stana Katic
Action
Me
Loved
" In talking with people that have experienced it, I learned that PTSD is something that a person in a position of authority sometimes thinks they're not supposed to have. They don't always have an avenue to personally address it or even discuss it. "
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Talking
Authority
Sometimes
" I have a living wall of 30 plants - tarragon, rosemary, echinacea. I like to walk alongside it, plucking and chewing. "
Stana Katic
Like
Walk
Plants
" I was named for my grandmother. It's an evil-eye name, to protect you from bad things. "
Stana Katic
Bad
Name
Protect
" I'm a good whistler. As I was growing up, we had a family whistle, so if we were spread out somewhere, like in a grocery store, and heard the call, everyone came. "
Stana Katic
Good
Like
Growing
" I really want to learn how to rap. I know it sounds utterly ridiculous! "
Stana Katic
Rap
Want
Learn
" Maybe I'm naively romantic, but I do believe that spice and excitement doesn't stop once a couple gets together. "
Stana Katic
Romantic
Together
Believe
" I love accents; I would love to find more characters with a variety of vocal intonations. It creates a character. It's like you're singing a song. Some people find their character through walking or movement - for me, voice is one of the ways I find parts of the character. "
Stana Katic
Walking
Character
People
" People in life take on certain stories and say, 'I'm going to be defined by this story and I'm going to live up to every inch of this story.' Sometimes you realize the story isn't fulfilling you and in fact you're not living the life that you're given. "
Stana Katic
People
Living
Live
" My dog gives me such joy and makes me laugh incessantly. "
Stana Katic
Me
Joy
Dog
" I love Cillian Murphy's character in 'Peaky Blinders' and Tom Hardy's in 'Taboo' - theses are characters that, as audience members, we follow along with and root for. But our own morality is tested throughout that journey, because these characters ride a thin line between morality and amorality. "
Stana Katic
Love
Morality
Character
" When I was 16, I was in Boston and some friends said, 'You want to go to New York?,' I went with my roommate... These guys said, 'We're going to this club. Just don't go in the washroom.' It was CBGB. I had no idea what it was or the history of all the music. All I knew was this was my first 21-and-over club and I managed to get in! "
Stana Katic
New York
History
Friends
" Pearl Jam were a part of my growing up. "
Stana Katic
Growing
Up
Pearl
" The sound of the piano is always something that is a real kind of comfort food to me. "
Stana Katic
Comfort
Real
Always
" My parents are European immigrants. And I think as Europeans there are so many languages in close proximity that it's part of the culture to try to learn at least one other language. So my parents really encourage it in the house. Chinese would be really great to learn - like Mandarin or Cantonese. Portuguese would be incredible. "
Stana Katic
Think
Language
Great
" I got introduced to yoga in drama school. It's now a mainstay in my life, ever since I got instructor certification at a teacher-training intensive. I even occasionally guide an intimate class of friends and family, but mostly the training was to serve and deepen my own practice. "
Stana Katic
Friends And Family
Family
School
" Every time I go to a new place, more likely than not, I end up seeing an opera there. It's ended up being a part of travel. "
Stana Katic
Travel
Time
New
" I can't do without face wipes and my Dr. Hauschka Quince day cream. "
Stana Katic
Without
Cream
Face
" Alex Gross is an L.A. artist who has become a friend. His work is really compelling. "
Stana Katic
Artist
Work
Who
" Um, I think every role, whether in TV or film, has a part in building a career and relationships. "
Stana Katic
Career
Think
Relationships
" There's no one type of film that I like watching. I loved 'Tropic Thunder' and the first 'Austin Powers,' and then 'The Godfather Parts I' and 'II,' 'There Will Be Blood,' Wes Anderson films. "
Stana Katic
Film
Watching
Will
" I just enjoy working with really wonderful actors and amazing creative people and I hope to keep doing that, no matter where. "
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Hope
People
Enjoy
" Michael Fassbender is phenomenal in '12 Years a Slave.' "
Stana Katic
Phenomenal
Michael
Years
" As an actor, of course it's exciting to go and explore characters. It's exciting to explore human psychology and relationships, and that's really the drive, at the end of the day, for me. "
Stana Katic
Me
Drive
End
" I think 'Game of Thrones' was extraordinary. I want to do some period pieces. It would be lovely to tell great stories, that is my main ambition. And to be working with amazing creators. "
Stana Katic
Game
Amazing
Ambition
" I have to believe in the character to perform it. "
Stana Katic
Believe
Perform
Character
" Men should never marry their muse. It ruins the illusion. "
Stana Katic
Ruins
Never
Muse