Quotes from Renee O'Connor

And I think right now I'm just enjoying finding something such as One Weekend a Month where I can really resonate with this woman's history and her situation.

I wouldn't say that I'm overly religious, but I have a pretty good relationship with my spiritual being.

I've grown so much as a person through playing Gabrielle, much less living in New Zealand and being with all of these people that I can't imagine my life being any different.

In film and television you have to be able to see the whole picture in a different way than you do on the stage because you shoot out of order and you're working with technology.

I believe I have a lot to learn in life, still.

But on stage you're able to just take the character from one point to the end and it's a fluid, organic piece. It's about being completely present all the time, right there in the moment.

I love actors who are wonderful - like John Cusack and Russell Crowe, and wouldn't it be a treat to eventually direct them one day.

I fell in love with Africa while I was there.

It's very hard to become an actor in film and television, you have to have such perseverance and you have to really believe that if you have any sort of talent at all, you will find work one day.

When Xena finished I just really wanted to work with Shakespeare's material.

But it just comes down to trying to get the work out there and however the team fits together then that's the way it sort of plays into itself.

I hope that my work makes a difference because I think that's why I do it.

For me it's all about creating a goal and fulfilling it.