Yvonne Strahovski Quotes
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Folks have to pin me down because, for one thing, I don't have a laptop. I don't have an iPhone, and I refuse to carry them because they're immensely hackable.
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I've made up little mantras for myself, catchphrases from a screenwriting book that doesn't exist. One is 'Write the movie you'd pay to go see.' Another is 'Never let a character tell me something that the camera can show me.'
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In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.
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There's nothing more fun to me than new characters and a new world.
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But I like going to church. If you've been brought up in the Church of England, it feels like visiting an elderly relative. And I think it's important that part of the kids' education is knowing about the Bible.
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I think I'd be a million times more successful and more iconic if I was a singer in the '40s. I'd be allowed a level of mystery, and I think I'd suit that decade.
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I'm a Christian, and I'm not judgmental towards anyone. I think that's really important.
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For me, being a mum has been a really, really instinctive thing.
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My mom helped me get started when I was younger. I started with singing. An agent saw me singing on stage at the Palm Springs Festival, and recommended I get into acting, so I was like, 'Oh, okay.' I just started from there, singing and acting.
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My first trip to Mexico was with my dad because of his Spanish records. That was back in 1958. I found a picture of me when I was eight dressed as a little senorita.
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Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me is a matter of profound wonder.
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I simply can't wear an outfit if I don't feel that is right for me.
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Modern American cinema seems to me superficial. The intention is to understand a certain reality, and the result is nothing but a photographing of that reality.
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Through all the bad guys that I've played, they're justifiably bad - they have their reasons. It's been important to me.
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Every book I write, the media just keeps punching me in the face.
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It is always nice when you are honoured. The Lifetime award makes me feel old. I am only 55.
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My camps are always ten weeks. That's what makes me comfortable.
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My last two records that I made were both quite pointed in one direction and I think I do my best stuff when it's all over the map, when there's a couple traditional things, a couple pretty rocking things.
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I think it's fair to say I've always been a boxing fan.
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Good laws, if they are not obeyed, do not constitute good government.
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I'd love the opportunity to do something where I could really give my opinion, my feisty side - it'd be fun!
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The way I write is generally about love. I have a great fascination about the subject.
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Tiggers don't like honey.
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I think the Aussieness got beaten out of me back in the States.
