Yvonne Strahovski

“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.”

“I feel lucky that I got to work with some of the big legends in town.”

“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.'”

“'24' is such an iconic show.”

“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.”

“I don't eat sugar. I eat fruit.”

“I try to keep my private life private and the acting stuff separate.”

“The more gunk I have on my face, the less free I feel.”

“I've never been good at meditation, but surfing is the closest I've ever come to that inner something.”

“I grew up being a dancer, so I was always doing some sort of dance number, like the Tornado in 'The Wiz.'”

“I've tried coconut water straight up before, and to me, it's a little funky.”

“I grew up doing musicals in my childhood at school, along with all the plays I used to be involved in.”

“I have a strong dance background. I danced from age five until 18, and that helps a lot. Doing a fight routine is like doing a dance routine.”

“I love singing. I love singing at home.”

“It would definitely be fun to do a musical one day.”

“Filming '24' is just like watching '24.'”

“I grew up being scared of the water, which is embarrassing to say as an Australian, but it's true.”

“It's just that I've always been a tomboy, so being thrown into the hot nerd category and the glam thing has been very interesting for me to swallow.”

“I'm a big believer in exercise. I'm a bigger believer in eating right, which is simply with plenty of fruits and vegetables. I'm not a gym girl, though. I've never had a gym membership.”

“I was lucky that I got to do films in between seasons of 'Chuck.'”