Quotes from Anna Torv

In film, you can have sad endings.

I am a sucker for jackets!

Every first episode of a season has been crafted like another pilot.

I feel good about who I am.

I live by the sea in Australia and the weather of course is glorious all year round.

My friends and I would get up early and take our horses through the national forest. My mom was very free. It was always 'Out of the house!' There was no watching television on weekends.

I'm terrible at practical jokes. I do them too well, so they're not funny. I end up saying, 'Oh, no, I'm joking, I'm joking.'

With science fiction there's endless possibilities.

With science fiction there's endless possibilities.

Shakespeare is all big themes, like the most amazing love, or the most scary war.

Everybody's funny if you love them.

I'm terrible at practical jokes. I do them too well, so they're not funny. I end up saying, 'Oh, no, I'm joking, I'm joking.'

Science fiction is becoming more of a diverse kind of genre.

My friends and I would get up early and take our horses through the national forest. My mom was very free. It was always 'Out of the house!' There was no watching television on weekends.

In film, you can have sad endings.

'Fringe' is a sci-fi show. But once you go beyond the genre, you're immersed in a profound reality.

I had a fantastic mother who taught me self-confidence.

The secret to life is trusting yourself and loving who you are, just the way you are.

I've found in my life that the parts that you're right for are the parts that you get. It's really usually quite easy because you're kind of right.

Science fiction is becoming more of a diverse kind of genre.

They say Australians get that ten-yard stare. It comes from the land and the horizon. You can see all around you for as far as you can see. So you just stare. I do it all the time.

Everybody's funny if you love them.

We just say things differently in Australia - like torch. I'd ask, 'Can I have the torch?' It seems to fall flat when I say, 'Can I have the flashlight?'

Why can't a woman be a little cooler in her emotions and a little quieter and more repressed without it being a huge thing? I've actually always quite enjoyed that, to tell you the truth.