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" 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
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" There's something about trying to figure out why someone is doing something that on the outside is horrible - what drives them to do that? What could drive any human being to that kind of behaviour? "
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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'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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Know
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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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Give
" I try to keep my private life private and the acting stuff separate. "
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Private Life
Try
" 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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Teachers
Day
Good
" 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. "
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" '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. "
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" If I can't do high kicks or dance in it, then I won't wear it. "
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Dance
High
" I was a goody two shoes - a straight-A girl, and I took pride in my studies. "
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Studies
Shoes
" I don't remember scenes. I'm like, 'Really, we shot that?' "
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Like
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" 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. "
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School
Acting
Support
" Carrie-Anne Moss is awesome. I am just going to put that out there. "
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Going
Just
Moss
" 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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Grow
Life
Parents
" 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. "
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Comedy
Fun
Moments
" You definitely cannot please everyone at all. "
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Cannot
You
Please Everyone
" Growing up in Australia, space exploration wasn't something I was too aware of. "
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Growing
Exploration
Space
" I've tried coconut water straight up before, and to me, it's a little funky. "
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Water
Before
Coconut
" We live in a society where nothing is sacred. "
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Sacred
Nothing
Live
" My favorite thing about being an actor is that I get to be so many different people in one lifetime. You sort of get to be all of these different characters. "
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Different People
" 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.' "
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Know
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Fact
" There's always chatter about a 'Chuck' movie. So nobody's opposed to it. It's just a matter of getting everything lined up. "
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Nobody
Matter
Everything
" A lot of my skills came from university. We did everything from stage work to operating the sound boards to marketing shows and more. "
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Sound
Skills
Marketing
" I grew up being scared of the water, which is embarrassing to say as an Australian, but it's true. "
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Water
Up
" 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.' "
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Bench
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Sad
" I think the Aussieness got beaten out of me back in the States. "
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Out
Back
" I guess I am a bit of a traditionalist. "
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Am
I Am
" In general, I would say I'm probably a little more conscious of looking after my skin since I moved to L.A. "
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Looking
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" Most of the film directors expect their actors to want to work fast. "
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Expect
" 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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