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" Sarah is very strong. She's really intelligent and she's very physically capable. I like to put that into my own life as well. "
Yvonne Strahovski
She
My Own
Life
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" 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. "
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Place
" I was lucky that I got to do films in between seasons of 'Chuck.' "
Yvonne Strahovski
Seasons
Between
Lucky
" 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
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Day
Art
" I wanted to honor my heritage and where I came from and keep the name. It was a tough decision to even change the spelling of it phonetically. I wanted to keep it as close to the original as it can be. "
Yvonne Strahovski
Name
Change
Decision
" Most of the film directors expect their actors to want to work fast. "
Yvonne Strahovski
Work
Want
Expect
" I have a strong dance background. I danced from age five until 18, and that helps a lot. Doing a fight routine is like doing a dance routine. "
Yvonne Strahovski
Fight
Dance
Age
" I don't remember scenes. I'm like, 'Really, we shot that?' "
Yvonne Strahovski
Shot
Like
Scenes
" Before I started surfing, I don't even know if I would have dived into the water at night alone. It was still scary. "
Yvonne Strahovski
Scary
Water
Night
" I feel like with 'Chuck,' because it was a comedy-based show, it was more cartoon-ish. It was just more playful. We had a lot more fun with it. There was a lot of silliness in there. There were serious moments, as well, and there was a lot of heart in that show, but its baseline was comedy. "
Yvonne Strahovski
Comedy
Fun
Moments
" I think the Aussieness got beaten out of me back in the States. "
Yvonne Strahovski
Think
Out
Back
" I can put my legs behind my head. That's a fun fact that not a lot of people know! "
Yvonne Strahovski
Legs
Know
Head
" TV, film, and theater are considered art, and art is a reflection of life. What happens in life includes violence, unfortunately. "
Yvonne Strahovski
Art
Violence
Reflection
" It's often the death of the show when you break the tension and the two lead characters get together. "
Yvonne Strahovski
Together
Death
Two
" 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
Enjoy
Fly
Great
" I'm pretty gross. When I talk I can be gross and crude. "
Yvonne Strahovski
Pretty
Crude
Gross
" I grew up with horrible skin. I had cystic acne ever since I can remember. I ended up finally listening to those people who say you are what you eat. "
Yvonne Strahovski
Remember
Listening
People
" A lot of my skills came from university. We did everything from stage work to operating the sound boards to marketing shows and more. "
Yvonne Strahovski
Sound
Skills
Marketing
" 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
School
Acting
Support
" I had an addiction to sugar growing up - major, major, major. "
Yvonne Strahovski
Growing
Growing Up
Sugar
" I guess I am a bit of a traditionalist. "
Yvonne Strahovski
Bit
Am
I Am
" 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. "
Yvonne Strahovski
Teachers
Day
Good
" 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
Always
Nice
Those
" I try to keep my private life private and the acting stuff separate. "
Yvonne Strahovski
Keep
Private Life
Try
" A lot of my friends are in Australia, and it's definitely nice to get back there. "
Yvonne Strahovski
Nice
Australia
Friends
" We don't really see a lot of comedic moments in '24.' In fact, I haven't seen all of it, but from what I have seen, I don't know if I've ever laughed at anything that anyone has done on '24.' "
Yvonne Strahovski
Know
Moments
Fact
" 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
Bench
Think
Sad
" I don't know if this classifies as a video game, but I have a terrible obsession with Angry Birds. "
Yvonne Strahovski
Birds
Obsession
Know
" 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.' "
Yvonne Strahovski
Me
Sunset
Think
" I love watching a good, freaky horror movie. I love it. It's one of my favorite things to do, to go and see at the cinema. Just to tune out and be freaked out. "
Yvonne Strahovski
Horror
Go
Cinema
" One of the books I remember reading when I was young and always thought would be a great role to play is Catherine in 'Wuthering Heights.' I like the classics. "
Yvonne Strahovski
Thought
Play
Great