- [When asked how does someone look tough?] First of all, don't look like you're capable of it. Pretend you're short. Or try using a distraction. Go up to someone and say, "What's that thing on your chin?" When they look down, sock 'em and run.
- I'm the Magoo of actresses, very accident-prone. I've made a lot of grown men cry with laughter, because I really am quite the joke.
- [Upon being asked if she ever ate a kangaroo burger] Absolutely not! But I've eaten a crocodile burger and a snake. And I ate a dead owl out of a men's urinal when I was like 3 years old. Lovely, huh? My mother found me in the latrine with bits of feather hanging out of my mouth.
- [When asked if there were a talking Peta Wilson doll, what would it say?] "Rooooooooger!!!!!" That's my hair-dresser's name.
- I get cravings for tins of condensed milk. I used to make condensed milk sandwiches. Mmmmmm. They're particularly nice with a bit of banana.
- [Being asked if she were a street sign what would it read as?] Hazardous materials ahead. Drive slowly.
- [on being asked which TV series would she guest star in] NYPD Blue, as Dennis Franz's naughty long-lost daughter who's always stealing candy and high heels. I just love him. I think he's sexier than hell.
- [on what her worst on-the-job injury] I got a concussion doing a stunt where I was supposed to be thrown against a tree. The director wanted me to really "feel" the tree. The stuntman was helping me out, shall we say, and I caught the tree at 10 miles an hour. I worked the rest of the day, then had a CAT scan.
- [Upon being asked if she had any fears during her childhood] I was scared of the dark. Ohhhh, I'd do anything not to have to sleep on my own. I'd get in bed and cover myself with dolls and teddy bears. I saw An American Werewolf in London when I was little and it took me years to get over it - like six.
- [Her thoughts on why most French people are rude] For years, they've been thinking they're the best. Now that they're not ruling the world anymore, I think they're in a bad mood. Or maybe they eat too much dairy.
- [After being asked if Foster's is Australian for beer] No! VB (Victoria Bitter) is Australian for beer, not Foster's. They just spend more money on those silly commercials. I'm telling you, VB is a much smoother beer.
- You know what I want to say to everybody? I want to say thanks so bloody much for such encouragement and support for such an unknown actress who's not American.
- I don't buy fur coats or jewelry. I have old cars.
- [on how she best describes her character Nikita] A rabid wolf disguised as an angel.
- [on how she studied acting in secrecy when she first arrived in Los Angeles] It always felt like going to acting class was like being a heroin junkie, and I didn't want anyone to find out about my habit.
- [upon being asked what attracted her to the character Mina in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen apart from the money] Let's just rewind right there, because this was my first big Hollywood film, so the money is not as you imagine [laughs]. What attracted me to the part was the comic element. When they first said they were looking for Mina I was in Australia and I'd just had a child and I wasn't really thinking of getting back to working straight away. They said: "Look, we're making this movie and [Sean] Connery has seen you in La Femme Nikita and he is really interested in you. Will you read the script?" They sent the script and the comic, and as soon as I opened the parcel I started to read the comic before I read the script. I thought it was just fantastic. It was just English humor at its best. Then I read the script and saw how much of an adjustment it was to the comic. Nonetheless, I thought if you're going to a big Hollywood film and be part of a franchise, what an interesting one to be part of. At least there's some history of the characters, they're so iconic. I just thought how great it was doing this sort of genre of film - action/adventure film at the end of the 19th century. The opportunity to work with Steve Norrington was very attractive to me. I think he is a really talented, modern film director.
- [on Michael Hutchence before he committed suicide] I was really shocked because I hadn't seen him for a couple of years. The light was going out, he seemed isolated and alone even within company.
- I had something happen to me when I was 13 years old. I was at school, first week of school, and I was away sick for one day, and the day I was away they outlawed handstands. I didn't know, and when I came back someone said "I bet you ten bucks you can't do a handstand longer than me", so I said OK. The bell rang and there I was, my dress around my neck and my pantaloons showing. So I was pulled up in an assembly in front of the entire school by one of the nuns, to be made an example of, and she bent me over in front of 600 students. I was the new girl - I only knew two, bent me over and whipped me on my little pantaloons. Most embarrassing, it was very tough.
- [on what her role model for her character Nikita is] I'd say the role model was a panther. [laughs] Cats generally are nice animals, but if you hurt them or you threaten them, they become deadly. So I just watch the Discovery Channel every week, I watch animals, and then the bad guys and good guys in Nikita remind me of certain animals. Nikita is kind of primal anyway, because the dialogue is so unreal. That's interesting for an actor - the most interesting things we do as human beings are not what we say, but what we don't say.
- [on if she watched any episodes of the 2010 Nikita starring Maggie Q as the title character] I have not watched it so I can't really respond honestly. I'm not that interested. I had my time doing that part and when I finished the job I left America and went home and built a house and had a baby and I kind of didn't want to work for a while. I've seen commercials of the show. I've seen her on [the side of] a bus and I'm really happy for the creators of "La Femme Nikita" because it means that they are doing very well with it but I haven't seen the show.
- [on why she's not interested in watching an episode of the 2010 Nikita] I just don't have any interest in seeing it. I did the show for five years and I played my version of the role. When I was given the script she was still a rich kid drug addict cop killer and I had just come out of drama school and when I read it I was like, "I don't know if that's much of a role model" so I then changed it with my biography to make her a street kid, a victim of circumstance.
- [Her thoughts on Maggie Q's role as Nikita] In the commercial she was on the phone talking to somebody and she just seems very strong and quite different in nature to my "Nikita," she seemed more businesslike and more business. I thought it looked like they were going harder with the sexuality and the sexiness they were going to go more than what we did. I tried to hold that back a bit. But this one looks much more edgy. She's got a tattoo that looks quite sexy.
- [on being asked if she felt cheated that her character Mina Harker was not the leader in the film The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, like she was in the comics] No. Do you know what I did? I made her the leader anyway, inside herself. Do you know what I mean? Behind every strong man is a strong woman. That was the idea I used. It would have been great if it was just like the comic book, but it would have been an entirely different movie. It would have been less of an action/adventure movie and more of a character driven piece. If the English had produced the film, that is probably what would have happened. So, I didn't really think: 'Ah. I'm not the leader'. I thought: 'Well, Sean Connery is cast, so he's bound to be the leader.' But I just made it Mina's secret that really she's in charge.
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