Caitriona Balfe

“It's a hard thing to imagine how somebody copes with grief and at the same time has to build a new life.”

“The hardest part when I decided to move into acting was trusting I'd made the right decision.”

“When I was 18, I left Dublin and moved to Paris. I didn't speak French. I didn't know anyone. I felt like a fish out of water.”

“I'm kind of a private person.”

“The herbalist I met a few times - it was great - she gave me literature about the different processes that an herbalist would do to make medicines from certain herbs and things.”

“Kenzo were celebrating their 30th anniversary, and they did this big, huge show in Paris and invited back all the models who'd walked for them in the 30-year era. How I found myself in the mix, I'll never know.”

“It's true, you never forget your first love, and, for me, that will always be Paris.”

“I would love to do some theater.”

“I was at a restaurant in Glasgow, and I was walking down the stairs. A woman passed me and said, 'Oh my God, what are you doing here?' I didn't know who she was, and I was like, 'Sorry?' She goes, 'Oh no, sorry, I follow you on Twitter. I just didn't expect to see you here.'”

“Glasgow has truly become my home away from home.”

“Doesn't everyone hate Kristen Stewart?”

“It's great to play someone who's so unafraid of being who she is.”

“I think women today are really struggling with these dual roles: How do you have a full-time career and be ambitious and still take care of your family?”

“When we think about the past, we think, 'It must have been so boring.' It's actually not.”

“I think every credit you get and every film you have your name attached to makes things a little bit easier. It definitely opens doors up, but it's still a grind.”

“I moved to Paris for two years, then to London, then New York in 2002. In that time, I also lived in Japan, Italy, Germany - I've been a bit of a gypsy.”

“I didn't start traveling abroad until I was 17, but I spent many summers on the beaches of Donegal in Ireland.”

“I guess I always leaned to the theatrical.”

“I think the first role I ever played was Mr. Bumble in a production of 'Oliver.'”

“How do people move on after they've lost the love of their life? It's a really interesting thing to look at. It happens to people every day: you see people... even in the worst, most war-torn places, people get up and continue with their lives. And it's a fascinating thing about human nature. That ability to just continue on.”