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" 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
Song
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" I remember being at Greenblatt's on Sunset, and some guy just walked straight up to me, and he had some bling on and whatever, and said something about a party down in Malibu and asked if I would jump in his car and go to the party. All I could think was, 'Who are you? I don't know you, and I don't care about how good your car is.' "
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" I think humans are fascinating in general. We're so weird. We do so many quirky things, and we don't even know it. There's just so many layers upon layers of nuances in everything we do, and the most fun part as an actor is trying to get into all those nuances, whether they're conscious or unconscious. "
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" I didn't grow up with a lot of babies in my life because I only grew up with my parents - I didn't have any brothers or sisters - and I didn't have my family close by. "
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" I can put my legs behind my head. That's a fun fact that not a lot of people know! "
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" That's one of the things I miss most about Australia - the countryside. "
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" 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. "
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" I grew up being a dancer, so I was always doing some sort of dance number, like the Tornado in 'The Wiz.' "
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" I'm a crier. I always cry. I cry at the dumbest things, too. This is why I sort of steer clear of movies and films that I know are going to be depressing. I don't care how many awards they've won - I know they're good. I don't need to watch them, because I don't want to be depressed, and I don't want to cry. "
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" Most of the film directors expect their actors to want to work fast. "
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" I've always been a very outdoors sort of girl. I'm more a tomboy than a girly girl. "
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" I love singing. I love singing at home. "
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" Whether it is television or film, the character on the page has to speak to me. "
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" It's often the death of the show when you break the tension and the two lead characters get together. "
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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. "
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" 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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" It would definitely be fun to do a musical one day. "
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" I feel lucky that I got to work with some of the big legends in town. "
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" 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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