Victoria Pratt's Quotes

I approach my character with the question: What would an animal think? How would an animal respond? A lot of times, it's quick action and no fear, and sometimes it's irrational fear. You don't always know.

I never was really into comics as a child, and I think if you miss the boat when you're a kid, you don't necessarily pick up on it when you're an adult.

I read every script from beginning to end, and I read every draft that I can. I like the show, I like the character, and I want to protect both of those things.

I think I'm a people person. I get very attached to people. And I've become so attached to all the people on my show, the cast, the crew and the producers.

I've been working some really long hours for the last five or six years. Anybody who works on series television knows, and especially women because women spend probably two hours more than the guys with all their hair and makeup crap.

In terms of being a role model, I didn't start out to be one. I don't go to work every day with that in mind. But, I do get a lot of fan mail from young girls.

Linda Hamilton is my hero. She was so tough and so strong and so vulnerable at the same time. I think that's what woman action figures are allowed to be: vulnerable, in a way that women are.

People get on a show and they fought tooth and nail. Almost 95% of the actors out there want to be on a television series. Then as soon as they get onto one, no, no, I want to be a movie star. This television series stuff, no, no no.

That's the thing with sci-fi and action roles. You have to play the danger as real. If you don't, you end up with egg on your face. You have to commit. You can't think about how stupid it might look without the special effects.

The most important thing is to just be good at what you do. You do a good job playing the character, and people will be taken up with your character, not your clothes.

In the beginning, people think vulnerability will make you weak, but it does the opposite. It shows you're strong enough to care.

You show your vulnerability through relationships, and those feelings are your soft spot. You need to have a soft spot.

Acting isn't the be-all end-all. There are a lot of other things in my life that will bring me joy if I didn't act anymore.

I came to acting in a very circuitous way.

I can't say that I've made the transition to movies.

I competed in track for 10 years and have been doing kickboxing forever.

I desperately want a dog, but I've been told I travel too much, and I'm not allowed to have a dog.

I did a lot of stunts, so the harness work isn't foreign to me either.

I think I've paid my dues. I've really put in a lot of time on set.

I would be very happy doing movies. I love to work and I think I'm a little different.

I've been really fortunate to go from series to series to series.

If you watch the show and the characters don't look at each other while they're talking, the actors probably aren't getting along.

It doesn't help anybody to put out a bad script.