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" 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.' "

Yvonne Strahovski

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" 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. "

Yvonne Strahovski

" That's one of the things I miss most about Australia - the countryside. "

Yvonne Strahovski

" 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. "

Yvonne Strahovski

" It's nice to see more of those meaty female characters emerging because so often in the industry, it's always about the males. "

Yvonne Strahovski

" It's, like, your classic journey from a drama school. I went straight to the three-year acting degree, and I waitressed throughout that to support myself and for the first six months after I graduated. Then I started to get commercials here and there, and then I got a couple of roles in Australia and then a more regular role on a TV series. "

Yvonne Strahovski

" I enjoy living in L.A. This is where the work is - or at least generated from - because you fly off and do movies. It's sort of a great way to see the world. "

Yvonne Strahovski

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

Yvonne Strahovski

" If someone takes you out, and you're wearing sweatpants and a T-shirt, and they take you to a fancy place and you're unprepared, that's bad. "

Yvonne Strahovski

" I'm scared of karaoke. I think if I did have a go to karaoke song, it would be 'Whatta Man' by Salt-n-Pepa. "

Yvonne Strahovski

" 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. "

Yvonne Strahovski

" 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. "

Yvonne Strahovski

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

Yvonne Strahovski

" It's just that I've always been a tomboy, so being thrown into the hot nerd category and the glam thing has been very interesting for me to swallow. "

Yvonne Strahovski

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

Yvonne Strahovski

" 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

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

Yvonne Strahovski

" Filming '24' is just like watching '24.' "

Yvonne Strahovski

" I don't remember scenes. I'm like, 'Really, we shot that?' "

Yvonne Strahovski

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

Yvonne Strahovski

" I don't know if this classifies as a video game, but I have a terrible obsession with Angry Birds. "

Yvonne Strahovski

" If I can't do high kicks or dance in it, then I won't wear it. "

Yvonne Strahovski

" I grew up doing musicals in my childhood at school, along with all the plays I used to be involved in. "

Yvonne Strahovski

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

Yvonne Strahovski

" I think it's really important that people become aware of the amount, the mass of animals that are sitting in shelters as opposed to people going out and just buying puppies that are being bred. "

Yvonne Strahovski

" I just love the culture of Melbourne. "

Yvonne Strahovski

" I know that one of the distinguishing things was I looked like I could hold a gun, even though I'd never held one before and I'm physically able to do the martial arts and all that stuff. "

Yvonne Strahovski

" '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. "

Yvonne Strahovski

" It's often the death of the show when you break the tension and the two lead characters get together. "

Yvonne Strahovski

" I would love to explore film seeing as I have prominently been on television. It would be nice to change it up and focus on film a little bit. "

Yvonne Strahovski

" I was a tomboy and didn't pay too much attention to my clothes. "

Yvonne Strahovski