Jeri Ryan quotes:

I was raised all over. Kansas, Hawaii, Georgia, Texas and Kentucky, by the time I was 11.

I've loved the escapism of being another person, slipping into another character for a little while.

This was truly guerilla filmmaking. We shot out in the middle of nowhere in a place called Delta Flats, where basically every day was some new minor catastrophe.

I'm not real impressed with the Star Trek weaponry, I gotta be honest.

I have a lot of fun with guns, especially the M-16, but my favourite is my little .22. It fits nicely in the palm of your hand. I do limit myself to blanks.

I had never seen much of Star Trek, or any other science fiction, before I was cast. But Seven's wonderful.

They said that Seven was a former Borg who had been human and had been assimilated. She was regaining her humanity. I had no interest in this character.

I'm not seeking out genre films, but this just came my way, and Miramax was good enough to add a role for me because we wanted the chance to work together.

We haven't done such a great job, so I don't know why God couldn't have started over somewhere else. I don't necessarily believe in aliens coming to the States, and I don't buy into the government cover-up.

I've always wanted to do this, so it really is a dream come true.

I would defy people to find a more beautifully developed character than Seven of Nine.

I've loved the escapism of being another person, slipping into another character for a little while

I have a lot of fun with guns, especially the M-16, but my favourite is my little .22. It fits nicely in the palm of your hand. I do limit myself to blanks."

I could do without the Bubonic Plague.

I don't necessarily believe in aliens coming to the States, and I don't buy into the government cover-up.

My husband travels a lot with his job, so we have a lot of frequent flyer miles so we can hop on a plane with no notice. That's a nice luxury and he is very supportive.

I get to pretend I'm flying into space, and hang out with my friends. That's what I do for a living.

My husband is someone who's in the real world. It's a big help that I don't have both feet in Hollywood.

It was really a pleasure to play someone who's literally pushed past her breaking point repeatedly.

It might be arrogant to think that we're the only living creations in all of the solar systems that there are. Space is so vast."

It might be arrogant to think that we're the only living creations in all of the solar systems that there are. Space is so vast.

It's supposed to be entertainment. It's not supposed to be a documentary.

My husband travels a lot with his job, so we have a lot of frequent flyer miles so we can hop on a plane with no notice. That's a nice luxury and he is very supportive

The costume that I wear on the show is a little snug and doesn't leave a whole lot to the imagination. I don't have a problem with it because of the way this character's been written.

I think the more stressful our times get, the more we look for fantasy escapes.

There is a very large chunk of our population who firmly believe in extraterrestrials.

It doesn't bother me that Seven has such an overtly sexual presence, because she has no concept of what effect that physical package would have on some male member of the crew. That's what's fun, her innocence.

The entire season, the show had never been aired for more than three weeks. You can't get an audience that way. They would never promo the show for the next week.

I was always a fan of horror films as a kid.

My background has been very helpful for this experience. But everyone was so accommodating because they knew it's not the most comfortable position to be the new kid.

I'm not so widely known that I'm going to be pigeonholed

It might be arrogant to think that we're the only living creations in all of the solar systems that there are. Space is so vast

That's what makes a character interesting from an actor's perspective - the more screwed up, the better

His background and knowledge can't be transplanted overnight, ... I'd make a point that unless you sat on the throne, you don't know what it's like to be king. In reality there are a lot of things that you do and people you influence that other people don't see and that impact is there for the city.

My husband is someone who's in the real world. It's a big help that I don't have both feet in Hollywood

I have no specific ideas in mind of what I will or won't do; it's all about the roles.

I loved working with Eric Close and J. T. Walsh.

West Hollywood is predominantly gay, so every man that came into the grocery store was shopping for his boyfriend.

Sorry, I get a little excited when I talk about firearms.

Cheating is often more efficient.

You can't really prepare yourself for being greeted by a dozen Klingons drinking blood wine. So, it can be a bit off-putting coming in from the outside. But it's great fun and there are no fans like Star Trek fans.

No doubt that he will make an excellent senator.

The whole sex symbol or babe thing doesn't bother me.