Erica Durance Quotes

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Erica Durance

Profession : Actress

Birth : June 21, 1978

A lot of actors try to sabotage other actors, and that's sad because then you're never going to get that beautiful scene.

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Actors will, in their mind, want to 'steal the scene,' and the problem is that means the scene didn't work in the first place.

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I'm fairly introverted, but when I do stuff like a Maxim shoot, there's a side of me I call Gillian.

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I learned to laugh at myself a little more, and I realized that beautiful things can be made out of mistakes.

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I'm a bit of a control freak, and I had to realize you can't control everything in your life.

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You cannot control another human being, and you just have to learn to go with the flow and laugh at yourself, in whatever capacity.

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You have to squeeze every creative moment and be grateful.

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If it scares me, it means I'm supposed to do it.

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I work on most weekends, so my husband is the executive chef. He is an amazing cook. I love the way he does salmon, and his apple pie for dessert is delicious.

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My home is in West Vancouver, B.C. My husband built it from drawings to design and colour.

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Vancouver is a very bike-friendly city.

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I sometimes take leftover food from craft services and give away a bunch of sandwiches on my way home.

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What do you do when your world is falling apart? How do you hold onto the real and the rational? I think that's very relatable for people.

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I'm constantly taking my own blood pressure.

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I read a lot of comics growing up. My mom used to say, 'Would you please read a book?' She was worried where I was going in my life.

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The one thing that I really love about 'Smallville,' people are excited, and they love the characters. I can see their point of view.

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One of my goals is to educate myself more as a woman in this business.

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I think that all actors just want to continue acting, so if you get the opportunity to go out and do something again, you feel very lucky.

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I just keep looking for things that are interesting and keep calm as possible about it all, not worrying about being in a 'box.'

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My worst thing that I have is that I think too much. And so it's better to go with your gut and do your best and trust the creators and the director that you have there and go scene to scene.

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