Jeri Ryan

“I have a lot of fun with guns, especially the M-16, but my favourite is my little .22. It fits nicely in the palm of your hand. I do limit myself to blanks.”

“I've always wanted to do this, so it really is a dream come true.”

“I was always a fan of horror films as a kid.”

“It's supposed to be entertainment. It's not supposed to be a documentary.”

“I had never seen much of Star Trek, or any other science fiction, before I was cast. But Seven's wonderful.”

“It might be arrogant to think that we're the only living creations in all of the solar systems that there are. Space is so vast.”

“I'm not seeking out genre films, but this just came my way, and Miramax was good enough to add a role for me because we wanted the chance to work together.”

“I've loved the escapism of being another person, slipping into another character for a little while.”

“The costume that I wear on the show is a little snug and doesn't leave a whole lot to the imagination. I don't have a problem with it because of the way this character's been written.”

“I would defy people to find a more beautifully developed character than Seven of Nine.”

“The whole sex symbol or babe thing doesn't bother me.”

“I have no specific ideas in mind of what I will or won't do; it's all about the roles.”

“I was raised all over. Kansas, Hawaii, Georgia, Texas and Kentucky, by the time I was 11.”

“We haven't done such a great job, so I don't know why God couldn't have started over somewhere else. I don't necessarily believe in aliens coming to the States, and I don't buy into the government cover-up.”

“My background has been very helpful for this experience. But everyone was so accommodating because they knew it's not the most comfortable position to be the new kid.”

“I loved working with Eric Close and J T Walsh.”

“They said that Seven was a former Borg who had been human and had been assimilated. She was regaining her humanity. I had no interest in this character.”

“I started by looking everything up in a Star Trek dictionary so I knew what I was talking about, but you can't do that because they talk in circles, and half of it doesn't make sense, so you'll just end up driving yourself more insane.”

“I think the more stressful our times get, the more we look for fantasy escapes.”

“I'm not so widely known that I'm going to be pigeonholed.”