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" There's something about music that makes me feel like a different person, that feels like an escape. "

Tatiana Maslany

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" I like 'Futurama.' That's kind of the only thing that's my sci-fi thing, although I was big into zombies for a time. "

Tatiana Maslany

" My mom's a translator, my dad's a woodworker; that's the world I grew up in, that's the world I'm most comfortable in. The whole idea of Hollywood or any of that other stuff that unfortunately goes along with film, that wasn't part of my upbringing, thankfully. "

Tatiana Maslany

" I was on the improv team in high school, and after I graduated, I joined an improv company that had been established 10 years prior to me getting there. They did longform improv, and I fell in love with it. It's acting, character creation, collaborative, artistic expression and comedy - and it's scary. It was a big rush. "

Tatiana Maslany

" I transitioned into theater and acting when I was about 9, community theater and musicals, being, like, chorus-kid-number-78 or whatever. But I just loved it. As a kid you just crave attention, and early on I just felt it was so cool and fun to play around and have people clap for me. But eventually I grew up and fell deeper into it. "

Tatiana Maslany

" I have a collection of vintage sundresses, and I've never worn them because for some reason I always opt for shorts and a t-shirt. I wish I could commit to them. I will. I have a few really great pieces I've been holding onto for years. "

Tatiana Maslany

" Hype is wonderful when it happens, and you should capitalize on it. But you shouldn't bank on it being the thing that will take you to the next step. Because it's fleeting. The blah-blah-blah goes away, but you're still there. "

Tatiana Maslany

" Comedy scares me a lot. I feel like it's way harder than drama. I think my safety net is definitely drama, and I would love to kind of be able to be able to push into the comedy world and do something kind of like a Christopher Guest kind of style show. That, to me, is my kind of comedy. Like, Ricky Gervais comedy. That's my kind of thing. "

Tatiana Maslany

" I started out as a dancer as a kid; I've been dancing since I was 4. So performing was always part of what I was. "

Tatiana Maslany

" I fell in love with 'Star Trek' after J. J. Abrams's movie. I'm so into that. "

Tatiana Maslany

" It's always been my dream to just continually do really cool indie movies - character-driven stuff. "

Tatiana Maslany

" That's my favorite kind of television, where it's not wrapped up in a pretty little bow. It's like life. You deal with one thing in your life, 500 others rear their head. "

Tatiana Maslany

" Robert de Niro has always been fascinating to me. And if John Cazale were still alive, that would be a man I'd love to work with. I'm a big fan of Paul Thomas Anderson's films - I would be honored to work with him. I think he's a brilliant director, and he gets such compelling stories out of his actors and out of his crew. "

Tatiana Maslany

" I was in a Nativity play as a kid. Back then, I played the donkey. "

Tatiana Maslany

" My mom taught me German before I knew English. And I went to French immersion school. "

Tatiana Maslany

" Those darker sides, the things that we don't want to admit about ourselves - that's what excites me. "

Tatiana Maslany

" I think being idle is quite hard for me to do. "

Tatiana Maslany

" You're hot for two seconds, and you're struggling to get work again. If it were easy, I don't think that's a good place for an artist to work from. "

Tatiana Maslany

" I am drawn to those parts; I like the tough girls because they are not tough. It's a veil; it's a disguise. It's defenses. At the core, everybody is human, everybody is fragile, everybody is terrified, and the fear is what propels you to be tough. "

Tatiana Maslany

" There's so many different people that I'm fascinated by. Different kinds of characters that I meet in, like, everyday life, that I'm like, 'I don't know how you exist. Like, you're so fascinating.' "

Tatiana Maslany

" 'Orphan Black' allows for people to have debates and theories and allegiances to different characters - to trust characters and hate other characters - but it doesn't tell you who is good or bad or right or wrong. That's the most exciting storytelling, in my book. "

Tatiana Maslany

" Trust your gut. You know yourself, so don't let somebody else tell you who you are. "

Tatiana Maslany

" You're working with adults and you're being paid to do a job. And you're a kid. Then you go back to high school, and everybody's partying, and they're doing math. I always felt a little bit outside of it. Outside of both experiences, really. "

Tatiana Maslany

" I was a dancer from about the age of four, so I was always performing and forcing my parents to watch my brother and I do 'Jesus Christ Super Star' in the living room. My first step was community theater, and then I started to do films. "

Tatiana Maslany

" The way people love sci-fi is how I love cartoons. "

Tatiana Maslany

" I've worked on shows where the lead actor doesn't know their lines, doesn't care, and it affects everybody - the crew, the director, the other actors. It's definitely a responsibility. "

Tatiana Maslany

" I loved filming in Morocco; it was amazing. I'd never been anywhere like that. The culture was phenomenal. I was so blown away by the spirit of that country. "

Tatiana Maslany

" How you go about moving within the world you live in says so much about who you are. "

Tatiana Maslany

" I think Amy Poehler and Tina Fey have done so much for women in comedy in the sense that they've normalized it. You don't think, 'I'm going to watch that comedy starring a woman,' you think, 'I'm going to watch that funny show.' They refuse to play the foils for men, or be reduced to the butt of every joke, and I love that about both of them. "

Tatiana Maslany

" I like challenging parts, something I haven't done yet, something that scares me. There's just a feeling I get when I read a script that I love, I feel an attachment to it, a yearning to play that character. "

Tatiana Maslany

" I grew up in Canada, man - we all had rinks in our backyards because we'd ice down the grass with a hose and build a skating rink. "

Tatiana Maslany