“The most bizarre demographics come up to me. Men in their 50s come up to me and are like, "Alison is my favorite. I hated her at first, and now I love her." I don't know what that says about people's psychology.” PeopleKnowsMenFirstsPsychologyMy FavoriteCome UpHatedBizarreDemographics Author:Tatiana Maslany
“I've learned a lot about the limits of what I can do, as an artist, or what I'm willing to do. It's a lot of responsibility to carry a show and to speak to people on different levels.” PeopleI CanDifferentShowsArtistSpeakCan DoLevelsResponsibilityWillingLimitsI've LearnedDifferent Levels Author:Tatiana Maslany
“I'm always interested in are stories that challenge people.” PeopleChallenges Author:Tatiana Maslany
“John Cassavetes' films have really altered the way I see film and acting and storytelling and emotion and love, so I see acting as this incredible revealing of human nature and this means of telling our story, sharing our voice with the world. That's what acting is for me. It allows for people to experience things through the character, through the story.” PeopleWorldMeanCharacterFilmActingEmotionHuman NatureIncrediblesStorytelling Author:Tatiana Maslany
“The whole press thing and who you are in the media, or what you have to project yourself to be, it feels very much like another person. People say to me, "Oh, your life must be changing," and I'm like, "Uh, I guess?" For me, it's such a gradual change, and I don't see it from the outside like everybody else does. It's weird, I see my face on a bus or online or somebody has my picture as their picture on Twitter and it's all a bit weird and I feel very disconnected from it and very much, "I guess that's me." It's very surreal.” PeopleWho You AreOnlineBusSurreal Author:Tatiana Maslany
“I'll never, never understand why people think it's their business to comment on other people's bodies. I go to a spa in LA sometimes, a Korean day spa, and all the women there are nude. And I've never felt so in love with the human form as when I'm walking around and seeing all those bodies, thinking, Oh my god, we're all just built so differently. And every single body is beautiful. I will never understand that shame, and the reinforcement of that shame. It's crazy.” PeopleThinkingSometimesBeautifulCrazyWalkingShameCommentKorean Author:Tatiana Maslany
“Sexuality is so much more complex than our boobs. My sexuality isn't me as an object to be looked at. It's the way I say "hello" to somebody, the way I sit with somebody. A body is just a body. But we're really afraid of bodies. They hold a lot of power - I think that's why people can try to shame them so easily, because they are so powerful.” PeopleThinkingTryingPowerfulShameSexualityHello Author:Tatiana Maslany
“I love people, watching people interact. It's a lot of psychology. We learn about ourselves by watching other people's lives on the screen.” PeoplePsychologyScreens Author:Tatiana Maslany
“'Orphan Black' allows for people to have debates and theories and allegiances to different characters; to trust characters and hate other characters, but it doesn't tell you who is good or bad or right or wrong. That's the most exciting storytelling in my book.” PeopleBookDifferentCharacterHateBlackTheoryExcitingDebateStorytellingAllegianceOrphanDifferent Characters Author:Tatiana Maslany
“I started out as a dancer as a kid; I've been dancing since I was 4. So performing was always part of what I was. I don't know if it I enjoyed the response I got from people or if I liked having an audience, but there's something in me that wanted to perform.” PeopleIfsKnowsKidsWantedAudienceDancingResponseEnjoyedPerformingDancer Author:Tatiana Maslany
