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" I try to get away. It's very unusual for me to be in one spot for so many months, which is one of the things I've had to get used to for a television show. I enjoy going on adventures and seeing the planet. "

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" 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

" 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. "

" I read 'Scarlett' recently, and that was a killer comic book. The 'Black Widow' was pretty rockin'. There is a big list of killer chicks that are just rockin'. "

" 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. "

" People ask 'How do you get so eh-ish?' I don't know if it's just because so much of my family still lives in Canada and I finished studies up there. "

Stana Katic

People

Canada

" 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

Growing

" 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. "

" 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

" I like anything by 50 Cent and Snoop Dog. I love the way they mouth their way around words. "

" 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. "

" Working with the earth is peaceful for me. "

Stana Katic

Peaceful

Earth

" Regardless of any experiences in the past, for me it really is important to be engrossed in as much of the creative process as I possibly can. I was surprised with how much the eight years I spent on 'Castle' actually serviced that. I ended up, in a way, having a free education on that show. "

" The sound of the piano is always something that is a real kind of comfort food to me. "

" I speak three other languages - Serbian, French, and Italian - but typically read in English. "

" 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

" I really want to learn how to rap. I know it sounds utterly ridiculous! "

" 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! "

" I will direct one day. I need some more life experience before I feel like I can do something like that comfortably. It'd be a feature, it'd be something maybe that I had in writing as well. "

" I was trained on piano - that was part of grade school and high school. "

" Alex Gross is an L.A. artist who has become a friend. His work is really compelling. "

" 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. "

" There's nothing better than home-grown, chemical-free fruits and vegetables. "

" Um, I think every role, whether in TV or film, has a part in building a career and relationships. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I have a living wall of 30 plants - tarragon, rosemary, echinacea. I like to walk alongside it, plucking and chewing. "

Stana Katic

Walk

Plants

" Pearl Jam were a part of my growing up. "

Stana Katic

Growing

Pearl

" I have to believe in the character to perform it. "

" Men should never marry their muse. It ruins the illusion. "

" I was named for my grandmother. It's an evil-eye name, to protect you from bad things. "