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Tatiana Maslany
Tatiana Maslany
Canadian Actress
Born: Sep 22, 1985
Always Love Me People Think You
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Trust your gut. You know yourself, so don't let somebody else tell you who you are. Tatiana Maslany
You Trust Yourself Somebody Else Tell Gut Know Know Yourself Your Who
We do long-form-style improv. Our focus was characters and telling a long arc story over about an hour and a half. It was closer to a one-act play than one-off sketches. Tatiana Maslany
Focus Long Half Our Characters Telling Arc About About An Hour Over Hour Hour And A Half Than Improv Closer Story Sketches Play
It's the reason we go to films and watch television: to escape the mundane nature of life and see another world and see ourselves in that other world. I think that's what sci-fi does so well. Tatiana Maslany
Life Nature World Think Films Other Television Ourselves See Well Sci-Fi Another Does Go Escape Reason Mundane Watch
I find comedy to be really scary, because it can go so wrong so easily, and the margin for error is so huge - and I guess that's what makes it funny, that tension. Tatiana Maslany
Funny Comedy Guess Easily Find Scary Wrong Tension Because Makes Go Huge Error Really Margin
As an actor, you're listening to the other person and always trying to be present and take everything they're giving you, but when they're not there, you have to produce that yourself. Tatiana Maslany
You Yourself Listening Giving Other Everything Take Always Person Trying Produce Actor Present
I think being idle is quite hard for me to do. Tatiana Maslany
Me Think Idle Quite Being Hard
I like 'Futurama.' That's kind of the only thing that's my sci-fi thing, although I was big into zombies for a time. Tatiana Maslany
Time Big Kind Only Like Sci-Fi Although The Only Thing Thing Zombies
I grew up in Canada, man - we all had rinks in our backyards because we'd ice down the grass with a hose and build a skating rink. Tatiana Maslany
Man Build Down Grass Our Rink Hose Had Because Up Canada Grew Ice Skating
I started out as a dancer as a kid; I've been dancing since I was 4. So, performing was always part of what I was. I don't know if it I enjoyed the response I got from people or if I liked having an audience, but there's something in me that wanted to perform. Tatiana Maslany
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That's my favorite kind of television, where it's not wrapped up in a pretty little bow. It's like life. You deal with one thing in your life, 500 others rear their head. Tatiana Maslany
Life You Others Television Favorite Kind One Thing Wrapped Pretty Head Like Bow Deal Up Where Little Your Rear Thing
You're hot for two seconds, and you're struggling to get work again. If it were easy, I don't think that's a good place for an artist to work from. Tatiana Maslany
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Sometimes I'll go into a shop and speak in a different accent to see if I can pull it off. But then somebody will be like, 'Where did you say you were from again...?' And then I panic, and my accent dissolves, and I pretend like I wasn't doing it in the first place. Tatiana Maslany
You Speak Sometimes Will Somebody First Panic Say Pretend See Like Accent First Place Doing Go Were Off Did Shop Where Different Place Again Then Pull
Sex isn't hard, but intimacy is terrifying. Tatiana Maslany
Sex Intimacy Terrifying Hard
Robert de Niro has always been fascinating to me. And if John Cazale were still alive, that would be a man I'd love to work with. I'm a big fan of Paul Thomas Anderson's films - I would be honored to work with him. I think he's a brilliant director, and he gets such compelling stories out of his actors and out of his crew. Tatiana Maslany
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I went to a French immersion school, and French-Canadian improv is a big thing, and we had an improv team at school, and 12 of us would get up and make things up against other elementary schools. I'd always wanted to perform, and that was just another extension of it. Tatiana Maslany
School Big Other Would Had Perform French Schools Make Another Always Up Improv Get Just Big Thing Wanted Against Us Team Elementary Thing Things Extension
I was on the improv team in high school, and after I graduated, I joined an improv company that had been established 10 years prior to me getting there. They did longform improv, and I fell in love with it. It's acting, character creation, collaborative, artistic expression and comedy - and it's scary. It was a big rush. Tatiana Maslany
Love Character Me School Comedy Big Creation Collaborative High Rush High School Scary Joined Had Fell Prior Been Years Improv Did Getting Artistic Artistic Expression Graduated Established After Acting Team Company Expression
Clothing and makeup and hair and all of that so much indicates the kind of person you are inside and the person you are presenting on the outside. Sometimes they are in conflict, and sometimes they are the same. That psychology of the exterior informing the interior is just so interesting. Tatiana Maslany
You Conflict Interior Sometimes Hair Kind Inside Outside Makeup Person Same Just Clothing Psychology Informing Interesting Much Exterior Presenting
I have a collection of vintage sundresses, and I've never worn them because for some reason I always opt for shorts and a t-shirt. I wish I could commit to them. I will. I have a few really great pieces I've been holding onto for years. Tatiana Maslany
Great Will Wish Few Holding Worn Collection Some Could Onto Never Pieces Because Always Been Years Commit Them Shorts Really Reason Vintage
Those darker sides, the things that we don't want to admit about ourselves - that's what excites me. Tatiana Maslany
Me Sides Those Ourselves Darker Admit About Excites Want Things
Hype is wonderful when it happens, and you should capitalize on it. But you shouldn't bank on it being the thing that will take you to the next step. Because it's fleeting. The blah-blah-blah goes away, but you're still there. Tatiana Maslany
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I am drawn to those parts; I like the tough girls because they are not tough. It's a veil; it's a disguise. It's defenses. At the core, everybody is human, everybody is fragile, everybody is terrified, and the fear is what propels you to be tough. Tatiana Maslany
You Fear Disguise Girl Tough Everybody Those Drawn Veil Like Terrified Parts Because Am Human Fragile Core
I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction. Tatiana Maslany
Stage Guess Having Attention Like Camera Front Being Interaction Reason Actor
For me, comedy literally is way more terrifying than doing drama, so it's always about stretching what I think I can do and putting myself out there in different context. Tatiana Maslany
Myself Me Comedy Think Stretching Drama Way Out About More Putting Terrifying Always Context Doing Than Different Literally

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