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As a stunt woman, I took it upon myself to be a bit of a jock about it. So you wouldn't see me vulnerable, you wouldn't see me hurting or sad because I was there as a professional to do my job. Nobody likes to see a girl get hurt - that's the truth of it - so I had to put them at ease so they would let me do my job. ”

I have done a lot of prosthetics throughout my career so I am used to it. ”

For a stunt woman, emotions don't matter to the shot. It was easier for me to do my job if I shut all my emotions off. ”

With acting, it's my job to be emotionally vulnerable and accessible. ”

I've always appreciated great acting performances, but I've even learned to appreciate not so great ones 'cause it's hard. ”

When I worked on 'Xena' I had to concentrate on fighting like Lucy Lawless. In 'Kill Bill' I not only had to stop fighting like Lucy, after three years of copying her moves, but start fighting like a Wu Shu martial artist. I'd never done Wu Shu before so mentally it was a massive challenge. ”

I got a pair of roller skates for Christmas when I was 4 or 5 or something, so I had a pair as kid. But I also lived on a gravel road so I wasn't really skating up and down the street. ”

I've always had a fascination with gymnastics, since I was a kid. It was the one thing at the Olympics that I would be like, 'Mom can I stay up late to watch gymnastics?' ”

Neverending Story' was one movie I did see when I was a kid. On the little island I grew up on, they put up a sheet in the town hall. ”

When I was injured after 'Kill Bill' I had a year where I not just couldn't make any money but I couldn't swim, I couldn't surf, I could hardly run, which is insane. I couldn't do gymnastics, martial arts, I could barely crawl on all fours. That was devastating to me. ”