I can put my legs behind my head. That's a fun fact that not a lot of people know!
— Yvonne Strahovski
I just love the culture of Melbourne.
A lot of my friends are in Australia, and it's definitely nice to get back there.
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.
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.
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.'
I was lucky that I got to do films in between seasons of 'Chuck.'
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.
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?
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.
Filming '24' is just like watching '24.'
I don't eat sugar. I eat fruit.
I grew up being absolutely in love with Tom Hanks. I remember, all the kids had Brad Pitt plastered all over their textbooks, and then I had Tom Hanks plastered over mine.
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.
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.
It would definitely be fun to do a musical one day.
There's always chatter about a 'Chuck' movie. So nobody's opposed to it. It's just a matter of getting everything lined up.
I've tried coconut water straight up before, and to me, it's a little funky.
Growing up in Australia, space exploration wasn't something I was too aware of.
That's one of the things I miss most about Australia - the countryside.
Before I started surfing, I don't even know if I would have dived into the water at night alone. It was still scary.
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.
We did a lot of high school productions. My first was 'Twelfth Night.' I played Viola. We did 'Much Ado About Nothing' and 'Taming of the Shrew,' and a lot of musicals: 'The Wiz,' 'Bye Bye Birdie,' 'Oliver.'
TV, film, and theater are considered art, and art is a reflection of life. What happens in life includes violence, unfortunately.
I was in Toronto when the big Women's March was going on, and I thought, 'Well, I've never been to a protest, and I can't sit this one out, and they're having a gathering here in Toronto, so I may as well go,' and gosh, I didn't expect 60,000 or 65,000 people to be there - it was huge! It was something that I didn't feel I could sit out at all.
'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.
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.
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!
The more gunk I have on my face, the less free I feel.
I dreamed big. So it's so great to be living my own dream. I'm working in an industry that I want to work in, and I'm doing something that I love every day. So I feel really lucky to have had so many opportunities.
Carrie-Anne Moss is awesome. I am just going to put that out there.
A lot of my skills came from university. We did everything from stage work to operating the sound boards to marketing shows and more.
I grew up doing musicals in my childhood at school, along with all the plays I used to be involved in.
I had an addiction to sugar growing up - major, major, major.
It's often the death of the show when you break the tension and the two lead characters get together.
I enjoy a character who sticks to her guns, who's always challenging herself. That's something I can relate to.
You definitely cannot please everyone at all.
I grew up being scared of the water, which is embarrassing to say as an Australian, but it's true.
I grew up being a dancer, so I was always doing some sort of dance number, like the Tornado in 'The Wiz.'
Funnily enough, 'Chuck' prepared me for '24.'
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.'
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.
I try to keep my private life private and the acting stuff separate.
I think the Aussieness got beaten out of me back in the States.
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.
I was a goody two shoes - a straight-A girl, and I took pride in my studies.
I always had dreams as a kid. I definitely sat at home and watched the Oscars every year and got emotional every year at everyone's speeches.
Whether it is television or film, the character on the page has to speak to me.
'24' is such an iconic show.
I love singing. I love singing at home.
