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" I was trained on piano - that was part of grade school and high school. "
Stana Katic
High
High School
Part
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" 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! "
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New York
History
Friends
" I was named for my grandmother. It's an evil-eye name, to protect you from bad things. "
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Name
Protect
" 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. "
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Love
Morality
Character
" I carry Marc Jacobs Magic Marc'er eyeliner and Christian Dior red lipstick to amp up my look in a flash. "
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Lipstick
Christian
Red
" 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. "
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Game
Amazing
Ambition
" I like anything by 50 Cent and Snoop Dog. I love the way they mouth their way around words. "
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Words
Mouth
Dog
" 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. "
Stana Katic
Seeing
Television
Try
" 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 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. "
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Walking
Character
People
" 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. "
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Think
Language
Great
" Pearl Jam were a part of my growing up. "
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Growing
Up
Pearl
" 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
" 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. "
Stana Katic
Talking
Authority
Sometimes
" Um, I think every role, whether in TV or film, has a part in building a career and relationships. "
Stana Katic
Career
Think
Relationships
" Alex Gross is an L.A. artist who has become a friend. His work is really compelling. "
Stana Katic
Artist
Work
Who
" I've been to Mongolia, Peru, Argentina, India. "
Stana Katic
India
Argentina
Peru
" I just enjoy working with really wonderful actors and amazing creative people and I hope to keep doing that, no matter where. "
Stana Katic
Hope
People
Enjoy
" I speak three other languages - Serbian, French, and Italian - but typically read in English. "
Stana Katic
Other
Three
English
" I really want to learn how to rap. I know it sounds utterly ridiculous! "
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Rap
Want
Learn
" 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. "
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Friends And Family
Family
School
" Working with the earth is peaceful for me. "
Stana Katic
Me
Peaceful
Earth
" There's nothing better than home-grown, chemical-free fruits and vegetables. "
Stana Katic
Vegetables
Nothing
Fruits
" Maybe I'm naively romantic, but I do believe that spice and excitement doesn't stop once a couple gets together. "
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Romantic
Together
Believe
" 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 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'. "
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Book
Just
Pretty
" 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. "
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People
Living
Live
" 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. "
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Action
Me
Loved
" I have a living wall of 30 plants - tarragon, rosemary, echinacea. I like to walk alongside it, plucking and chewing. "
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Like
Walk
Plants
" Men should never marry their muse. It ruins the illusion. "
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Ruins
Never
Muse
" The sound of the piano is always something that is a real kind of comfort food to me. "
Stana Katic
Comfort
Real
Always