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Inspirational

It was in “Zorba the Greek” where I read “I breathed you in”. It sounds a little goofy to our language now, but I think that’s the way I continously approach my life. I just want to breath it in. I want to soak it up. I want to devour it.

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Hairporn

1. Stana Katic’s hair - Urban dictionary

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Graceful

Working with Stana Katic is awesome. She smells like rose petals and leaves magical dust when she walks. - Victor Webster

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Facial expressions

Stana is the queen of facial expressions - Andrew Marlowe

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Enchanting

There’s something that is amazing about being an actor because we’re asked to live life as vividly and kinetically and electrically as we possibly can. I remember traveling to New York once with some photographers, and I started to see the world through their eyes, and the way they took photos. Their eyes were constantly taking photos, and what I think an artist does, is frame moments and making that moment noticeable. And by framing that moment and bringing notice to it, they were elevating it, and perhaps even elevating our experience as we walk through the earth and see. I think that actors are blessed with the opportunity to experience all our senses in that way, where we’re asked to frame every moment because one day, perhaps I’ll be able to grab a moment and it will create an echo in a character or it will be a definitive line I can deliver to the audience and maybe it will elevate our experience. There’s nothing better. We could be working in a steel mill, where you’re forced to shut so many of your senses down just to get through your day. So for those hours that we’re in the steel mill, we’re not living. But as an actor, you’re asked to remember it, and live vividly.

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Dynamism

I admit I’m a little bit of a tomboy. I love soccer. I like karate and basketball very much. All the things that mainly guys are interested in . That’s certainly the reason why , unfortunately, men are afraid of me.

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Castle/chemistry

I audictioned about nine times and then it came down to myself and another girl, and we did a screen test. And it was one of those things where I was travelling back and forth a place where I was living wich was about an a hour, hour and half away, and I came in and I brought the wrong shirt, I brought this long tunic top. And this sound really girly but eventually it will make sense. I got in, hair and make-up do their deal and everything, and I’m like “I’ll just figure it out when we’re at the studio”. So I try to tuck it, try to make it work, and it’s not working and I turn to the make-up lady and go “Hey, got a pair of scissors?”, and she’s like “Yeah, sure, here”. And I walk outside and there’s Nathan who’s my co-star, he plays Richard Castle on the show. He’s having a cup of coffee and I’m like “Hey!What you’re doin’?”, and he’s like, “Nothing much, just getting a cup of coffee; do you wanna run lines?”.I’m like “No!But speaking of lines…can you cut a straight line?”, and he’s like, “Uhm..I can’t promise anything, but what are we talking about?”. I go, “Here’s a pair of scissors, here’s my shirt, I need you to cut it shorter”. He gave me this fantastic look and he just started at it, and he cut my shirt all short and proper, so I could tuck it in. Producers came out in the middle of it and I got the job.

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Bravery

Some people are brave enough to give credence to their childishness, and some people shy away from it and choose a safer route.

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Alternative Travel Project

I spent a lot of time walking, Seamus did a lot of biking, and I also took the subway and I did a lot of bussing around, and I ended up seeing a former high school friend who I haven’t seen in years because I walked the street, you know? And it makes this really big city a bit smaller, and it makes you feel more part of a community which it feels nice.