Emily VanCamp quotes:

With family dramas, it's hard to keep those stories alive.

I've thought about going back to school.

I think women look for that quality in a man of being a good dad whether they're immediately wanting to be a parent or not.

I'm trying to stop focusing on my flaws and appreciate what I love about my body.

The unfortunate thing, and the tragedy of this show [Revenge], is in exploring the theme of revenge. Absolutely everyone can find peace, at some point or another, but the interesting thing is how you find it, the collateral damage along the way and all the trauma that she indirectly causes all these other people in her circle.

Oddly enough, I think that everybody can relate to revenge, on some level. Everyone has wanted to exact it, at some point, and everybody has tampered with the idea, even if they didn't actually go through with it.

My idea of a perfect pet is a really, really big dog! Huge!

I've been dancing my entire life. Jazz, hip hop, ballet. And then there's tap dancing. I love to tap.

It's important to me that a man is good at taking care of people.

Pilates is my favorite core strengthener. I do it three or four times a week. With all the strengthening and lengthening, it's like ballet. Plus, you get to do it lying down!

We live in a time where the media is a very difficult thing to navigate because it's everywhere, and I tend to want to be a lot more private with my life.

I've given up looking for a boyfriend. That's not to say I won't be interested if the right guy comes along. But I'm not in a hurry.

I'd love to do some theater.

Women are hard on themselves.

I'm exhausted almost all the time.

I don't dig parties. I rather sit at home with my friends and a good movie.

I think people who lack humility are really annoying.

I think people in general think more about their insecurities.

I think it's important to be with a guy who has a strong sense of integrity. That's how I was raised, and that's something I look for.

Tailoring your clothes makes all the difference.

I'm a big zombie buff.

I think the relationship between mother and daughter is so interesting, even in a semi-normal family. Emily Thorne/Amanda Clarke's family relationship is going to be so interesting to explore. It is going to give me so many places to go. Obviously, it has been said that she is not the most stable of characters. What is interesting about that, when you think about mental health, is that young women will often come into those problems and difficulties in their 20's, so it is very possible that this will start to affect her psyche.

I promised myself I wouldn't work again until I found something that excited me.

It's very important to be able to distinguish the actors from the characters they play.

Women are hard on themselves. I'm trying to stop focusing on my flaws and appreciate what I love about my body.

I can be quite serious sometimes so laughing is key.

I'm a pretty open book.

At a party, I am the kind of girl who will wait until the end of the night before I really get going. I'm a little anti-social at first, but I'm not immune to dancing on tables either.

I've had a couple of pinch-me moments.

I'm excited by challenging myself physically and mentally every day.

You put the picture of the ideal person in your head and then someone comes along and they don't fit that ideal at all. But somehow there is something about them that is so attractive. Everyone that I have fallen for has not fit that ideal at all.

I don't have sociopathic tendencies!