“I see a lot of things I'm so excited and hopeful about film and TV in Canada. There's just a huge movement, I think, in seeking an identity as Canadians, and really forging it and really embracing all the parts of us as Canadians that come from such varied experiences and such varied cultures. And I think there are strong voices that come out.” ThinkingFilmCultureStrongIdentityExcitedHopeful Author:Tatiana Maslany
“I think the sci-fi world allows for exploration of that that isn't on the nose and that isn't preachy, but it's kind of artful and explores it differently. I think there's more imagination in sci-fi. There's more chance to kind of explore perspective and not have it so grounded in this world that we live in, which is so stuck in a patriarchal kind of system.” ThinkingWorldKindImaginationChancePerspectiveStuckExploration Author:Tatiana Maslany
“I think that's why it's difficult for women when they watch TV and we see one version of a woman who is attached at the hip to a guy, and that's kind of her whole thing. You kind of go, 'I don't relate to this, I don't feel this.' You know? Maybe somebody does, but not everyone. That's the other thing about storytelling, is you can't represent everybody. You know, you can't seek to do that. You have to tell stories that you're interested in talking about and characters that intrigue you.” ThinkingKindCharacterGuyDifficultStorytelling Author:Tatiana Maslany
“All the foundation work you plant in the early seasons pay off in stronger storylines deep into our seasons. I think that only aids in performance.” ThinkingStrongerPlantAids Author:Tatiana Maslany
“I'm an actor, so I'm interested in the pursuit of storytelling and character and challenging myself and expanding my craft. That's not something that ever ends, because as you grow as a person, so does your capacity to play different characters. New things come up, new things you want to explore and new stories you want tell about life and your knowledge of things. I don't think there's ever going to be that satisfaction of "and now, comfort."” ThinkingDifferentCharacterChallengesComfortStorytelling Author:Tatiana Maslany
“I think there's something really freeing about improv, that it's a collective, creative, in-the-moment piece. That's really exciting and really frustrating, because it's there and gone. There's an amazing interaction with the audience that happens because they are very much another scene partner. How they respond determines the kinds of stories we tell.” ThinkingKindAudienceCreativeSceneExcitingDetermineFrustrating Author:Tatiana Maslany
“I think in the inception and creation of the characters, improv was the most important part for me, because I wanted to feel at home in those characters. I wanted to feel like I could commit to them. And so much of improv is saying yes and committing, so I think that's where the improv came in. Even if I'm saying yes to the X across the room from me, or the tennis ball on a stick, I have to stay alive.” ThinkingImportantCharacterHomeCreationCommitTennisStaying AliveInception Author:Tatiana Maslany
“I think the improv also helps with the imagination of dealing this person across from me who's not physically there. When you do an improv scene, you're usually working on a blank stage and creating the props and creating the environment.” ThinkingHelpingImaginationEnvironmentScene Author:Tatiana Maslany
“I think the fact that my parents are still, "Hey, great, that's great!" and not, "We need you to do this and be a star!" - it was never like that. 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.” ThinkingWorldFilmParentUpbringingTranslators Author:Tatiana Maslany
“I think the idea of family and protecting the family is something that ties a lot of these women together.” ThinkingTogether 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
“You're hot for two seconds, and you're struggling to get work again. If it were easy, I don't think that's a good place for an artist to work from.” IfsThinkingTwoArtistEasyStruggleHotSecondsGood Place Author:Tatiana Maslany
“Comedy scares me a lot. I feel like it's way harder than drama. I think my safety net is definitely drama and I would love to kind of be able to be able to push into the comedy world and do something kind of like a Christopher Guest kind of style show. That, to me, is my kind of comedy. Like, Ricky Gervais comedy. That's my kind of thing.” ThinkingWorldWayFeelsKindShowsAbleComedyStyleDramaHarderSafetyScareGuestsSafety Net Author:Tatiana Maslany
“I try to get roles that challenge me in what I can do and who I think I can portray. For me, it's about creating characters with really fascinating stories, because that's what I like to watch on TV.” ThinkingTryingI CanCharacterStoriesCan DoChallengesRolesWatchesTvsCreatingFascinatingCreating Characters Author:Tatiana Maslany
“It's the reason we go to films and watch television: to escape the mundane nature of life and see another world and see ourselves in that other world. I think that's what sci-fi does so well.” ThinkingWorldWellsDoeReasonFilmWatchesTelevisionSci FiMundaneOther WorldsAnother World Author:Tatiana Maslany
“For me, comedy literally is way more terrifying than doing drama, so it's always about stretching what I think I can do and putting myself out there in different context.” ThinkingWayI CanDifferentCan DoComedyDramaStretching Author:Tatiana Maslany
