Caitriona Balfe quotes:

I didn't start traveling abroad until I was 17, but I spent many summers on the beaches of Donegal in Ireland.

When I was 18, I left Dublin and moved to Paris. I didn't speak French. I didn't know anyone. I felt like a fish out of water.

Glasgow has truly become my home away from home.

I think the first role I ever played was Mr. Bumble in a production of 'Oliver.'

I was at a restaurant in Glasgow, and I was walking down the stairs. A woman passed me and said, 'Oh my God, what are you doing here?' I didn't know who she was, and I was like, 'Sorry?' She goes, 'Oh no, sorry, I follow you on Twitter. I just didn't expect to see you here.'

Game of Thrones' has multiple story lines, multiple countries, and it's complete fantasy.

Many children with cancer in the developing world can be cured. But without appropriate treatment, few survive.

The hardest part when I decided to move into acting was trusting I'd made the right decision.

I saw a documentary on the Naadam festival that happens in Mongolia during the summer. One of the features of it is a horse race across the plains that all the young men enter - some as young as 12 years old. It's such a spectacular sight. It's incredible to think that this is a tradition that has been going on for centuries.

Doesn't everyone hate Kristen Stewart?

I enjoyed L.A. because it was nice to be in the sunshine and live in a house with proper wardrobes. I loved the space.

I would've been a really big silent movie star.

The herbalist I met a few times - it was great - she gave me literature about the different processes that an herbalist would do to make medicines from certain herbs and things.