133 Quotes by Tatiana Maslany

My mom’s a translator, my dad’s a woodworker; that’s the world I grew up in, that’s the world I’m most comfortable in. The whole idea of Hollywood or any of that other stuff that unfortunately goes along with film, that wasn’t part of my upbringing, thankfully.

There’s something about music that makes me feel like a different person, that feels like an escape.

I would love to work with Gena Rowlands. I just don’t know in what capacity. I’d play her daughter or granddaughter, or whatever. I would just love to work with her, in whatever capacity.

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.

I have trouble sleeping, at the end of the night. There’s a lot of stimulus and my brain is processing a lot of different arcs and personalities. I’m always processing things, so I don’t sleep.

I’m incredibly close to my family. I have two younger brothers; they’re both artists and actors, and their work and the way they see the world inspires me.

I fell in love with ‘Star Trek’ after J. J. Abrams’s movie. I’m so into that.

There’s something really unique about ‘Orphan Black’ is that it has a lot of female leads, so it’s about a lot of women’s stories, but it’s not women’s stories in terms of trying to find a guy or keep a guy; it’s about entirely other things.

Those darker sides, the things that we don’t want to admit about ourselves – that’s what excites me.