Peregrym Quotes

#1. There've been moments where I just was tired of being in L.A. It was very difficult. I mean, you're constantly rejected. And that's OK, it's just really frustrating for me, because I try to read scripts and projects that have really great, deeper, meaningful qualities to them.

Missy Peregrym

#2. Just because you have chemistry with someone doesn't mean you're naturally going to be the best for each other. You have make choices and prioritize.

Missy Peregrym

#3. You don't want to treat any one person as oracular.

Nate Silver

#4. IMDb is kind of weird, because people can put things on there, but then I can't change it.

Missy Peregrym

#5. I wouldn't want to play a character that knew everything and knew where to go. It is much more interesting playing a character that is vulnerable trying to be strong. It makes for better TV.

Missy Peregrym

#6. I really, really admire my parents so much, for how they raised me. They're some of the best human beings I know.

Missy Peregrym

#7. I don't watch the news. I get really emotional about it, and I carry that stuff with me for a long time.

Missy Peregrym

#8. I couldn't help but wonder if that was what love was
believing that someone was going to come through, in the end, and that it would still count

Laura Dave

#9. When I first got to L.A., I was shocked at how business was done, and how people ... it's like everything I was told not to fall for, I was surrounded by. And it was very difficult for me, because I just didn't like the industry at all.

Missy Peregrym

#10. I get recognized for 'Reaper' in the U.K. I was in Costa Rica and got recognized for 'Heroes.' In Canada, it's 'Rookie Blue.' People also think that I'm in the 'Twilight' series because of Kristen Stewart.

Missy Peregrym

#11. I have a real passion for playing a role that's a strong female character, that's just not typical, with a lot of heart, not an easy sell of a movie, not real commercial. It doesn't have to be a big movie, but I'm just looking for something that I really, truly, 100 percent believe in and am behind.

Missy Peregrym

#12. She is a rare soul, she has this infectious energy that makes you want to run next to her, she belonged to no one but herself & to anyone that was yet understand themselves, found the missing pieces in her presence.

Nikki Rowe

#13. The only thing I've ever wanted in my life is to be a mom and a wife.

Missy Peregrym

#14. You won't ever see me being totally sexy on 'Rookie Blue.' It's not right for the character, anyway.

Missy Peregrym

#15. I don't think anybody planned for me to be an actor. I didn't. I didn't know this was what I was going to do.

Missy Peregrym

#16. When 'Rookie Blue' began, I was so proud to be a Canadian on a Canadian show that was getting fans in America. I'm so used to working on American projects with Americans, it was a big deal for me to be on a show that showcases our talent ... our 'peeps.'

Missy Peregrym

#17. I didn't watch a lot of TV growing up.

Missy Peregrym

#18. A tiny change today brings a dramatically different tomorrow.

Richard Bach

#19. I worked at a Sport Chek in Vancouver, only so I could get the discount off snowboard gear. But I hated the job so much, I quit before I got my discount.

Missy Peregrym

#20. What's gonna happen to the arms industry when we realize we're all One? ... You can see why the government's cracking down.

Bill Hicks

#21. The weaker the will, the stronger the faith.

Marty Rubin

#22. I tried to be really tough when I was younger. I felt I had to stand up for myself. I never felt like I fit in.

Missy Peregrym

#23. Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo

Andrew Bleiman

#24. The people that matter to me the most are the people that are in my life. That's who I really learn from, and it's always a very personal kind of connection.

Missy Peregrym

#25. I was enough of an acrobat and a gymnast and a dancer and everything else so that I could handle the kung fu, because it's just choreography.

David Carradine

#26. The constitution of Soviet Russia must insure equal rights for all citizens regardless of sex, creed, race, or nationality.

Vladimir Lenin

#27. I'm hoping that maybe I can be part of a disaster relief effort, something that's real life. That's kind of what I do anytime I stop working: 'OK, what's something that you've really wanted to do?'

Missy Peregrym

#28. Three to four times a week, I get up at 7:30 A.M. while the courts are empty at Venice Beach and play full court one-on-one.

Missy Peregrym

#29. At the end of the day, it's really, really difficult to make a brand-new show, to write a pilot where you have to introduce characters and everyone has to kind of be dynamic and have something different for themselves.

Missy Peregrym

#30. I never thought about being a cop. I'm kind of sensitive. I don't know if I could handle that job. It's hard to go home every day and be able to still live your own life because some of the stuff you see really affects you.

Missy Peregrym

#31. I wanted to go on the red carpet with a baseball cap, t-shirt, and jeans. And I still do. Because that's really who I am.

Missy Peregrym

#32. A tiger of a rather and a wolf of a brother. Sandwiched between the two, I wonder what my tomorrow holds.

Kazuo Koike

#33. I've been treated really well for 'Stick It.' There was this cop and he pulled me over and he was like, 'Oh my God, you're in 'Stick It.' I said, 'Yes. Yes. You're the last person I would think would be pumped up by this movie'. He let me go, so that was nice.

Missy Peregrym

#34. In general, I try to eat food without added hormones and pesticides, but I'm not so strict that I won't have a Big Mac once in a while.

Missy Peregrym

#35. I just don't want to be famous. I feel like there's a lot of sacrifice in that I'm not really willing to make.

Missy Peregrym

#36. I think guns are terrible.

Missy Peregrym

#37. I'm really inspired by playing strong women. Anything that I can be a part of like that, to be a role model for young women.

Missy Peregrym