Quotes from Caitriona Balfe

There is a moment in your story when you can pinpoint the exact time you fell in love, be it with a place or a person. I can remember both like it was yesterday.

When I'm not on a crazy schedule, I'll try to do yoga or the gym once or twice a week.

I moved to Paris for two years, then to London, then New York in 2002. In that time, I also lived in Japan, Italy, Germany - I've been a bit of a gypsy.

New York's definitely got my heart.

I didn't start traveling abroad until I was 17, but I spent many summers on the beaches of Donegal in Ireland.

Many children with cancer in the developing world can be cured. But without appropriate treatment, few survive.

When I was a kid, I loved 'Little Women.'

I saw a documentary on the Naadam festival that happens in Mongolia during the summer. One of the features of it is a horse race across the plains that all the young men enter - some as young as 12 years old. It's such a spectacular sight. It's incredible to think that this is a tradition that has been going on for centuries.

It's true, you never forget your first love, and, for me, that will always be Paris.

Glasgow has truly become my home away from home.

The hardest part when I decided to move into acting was trusting I'd made the right decision.

Every so often, we - women in film and TV - get annoyed and frustrated. We kick up a fuss and make some gains. But then we become complacent, and things slide backwards again until the next generation comes up and gets frustrated again.

For me, if I have the choice between an extra 45 minutes in bed or getting up at 4:30 A.M. to go to the gym, I will always choose bed.

You'll probably find most models are incredibly insecure about their bodies.

It's great to play someone who's so unafraid of being who she is.

'Game of Thrones' has multiple story lines, multiple countries, and it's complete fantasy.

It's a hard thing to imagine how somebody copes with grief and at the same time has to build a new life.

I would've been a really big silent movie star.

There's definitely stories I would like to tell; I'd like to see more films focusing on women's lives.

I think every credit you get and every film you have your name attached to makes things a little bit easier. It definitely opens doors up, but it's still a grind.

Fandom is amazing.