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It's true, you never forget your first love, and, for me, that will always be Paris.

- Caitriona Balfe

Love, Will, Always, First Love

Every so often, we - women in film and TV - get annoyed and frustrated. We kick up a fuss and make some gains. But then we become complacent, and things slide backwards again until the next generation comes up and gets frustrated again.

- Caitriona Balfe

Next, Some, TV, Complacent

The Scottish Highlands are incredible. There seems to be magic and poetry everywhere.

- Caitriona Balfe

Magic, Everywhere, Scottish

I have two incredible sisters who have very high-powered jobs and kids and, you know, both have their master's; one runs triathlons all the time.

- Caitriona Balfe

Incredible, Very, Jobs, Runs

Kenzo were celebrating their 30th anniversary, and they did this big, huge show in Paris and invited back all the models who'd walked for them in the 30-year era. How I found myself in the mix, I'll never know.

- Caitriona Balfe

Big, Back, Show, Celebrating

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.

- Caitriona Balfe

Processes, About, Medicines, Herbs

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

- Caitriona Balfe

Game, Game Of Thrones, Story Lines

When I'm not on a crazy schedule, I'll try to do yoga or the gym once or twice a week.

- Caitriona Balfe

Week, Schedule, Twice, Twice A Week

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.

- Caitriona Balfe

Young, Some, Been, Young Men

For me, if I have the choice between an extra 45 minutes in bed or getting up at 4:30 A.M. to go to the gym, I will always choose bed.

- Caitriona Balfe

Will, Bed, Always, Extra

The people who used to hold the purse strings were a select group of white, middle-aged men, but that's changing, and the more it continues to change, the more we'll see inclusive stories get told.

- Caitriona Balfe

Inclusive, Stories, Select, Middle-Aged

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.

- Caitriona Balfe

Like, Dublin, Moved, French

There is a moment in your story when you can pinpoint the exact time you fell in love, be it with a place or a person. I can remember both like it was yesterday.

- Caitriona Balfe

Love, Like, Your, Exact

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

- Caitriona Balfe

Think, I Think, Ever, Oliver

So often, women are there just to be looked at and be objectified for the titillation of the male audience.

- Caitriona Balfe

Audience, Often, Looked, Women Are

With a male-centric show, the women are usually very two-dimensional.

- Caitriona Balfe

Show, Very, Two-Dimensional, Women Are

I think every credit you get and every film you have your name attached to makes things a little bit easier. It definitely opens doors up, but it's still a grind.

- Caitriona Balfe

Think, I Think, Still, Opens

It's a hard thing to imagine how somebody copes with grief and at the same time has to build a new life.

- Caitriona Balfe

New, Imagine, Same Time, Grief

How do people move on after they've lost the love of their life? It's a really interesting thing to look at. It happens to people every day: you see people... even in the worst, most war-torn places, people get up and continue with their lives. And it's a fascinating thing about human nature. That ability to just continue on.

- Caitriona Balfe

Love, Every Day, About, Human Nature

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

- Caitriona Balfe

Silent, Big, Been, Movie Star

I grew up in Ireland, and there were so many things we believed in.

- Caitriona Balfe

Things, Up, Were, Believed

While 'Outlander' is a brilliant period show, Claire represents so many qualities of a 10th century modern-day woman: someone who is forging her own path, fighting for what she believes, and doing so with integrity.

- Caitriona Balfe

Woman, Doing, Modern-Day, Claire

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

- Caitriona Balfe

Decision, Made, Move, Hardest Part

Modelling wasn't a passion of mine, so that made it get old kind of quickly. I was getting very frustrated.

- Caitriona Balfe

Very, Mine, Frustrated, Modelling

You'll probably find most models are incredibly insecure about their bodies.

- Caitriona Balfe

Most, Models, Incredibly, Insecure

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

- Caitriona Balfe

Abroad, Summers, Spent, Ireland

I think women today are really struggling with these dual roles: How do you have a full-time career and be ambitious and still take care of your family?

- Caitriona Balfe

Career, Think, Full-Time, Dual

There's definitely stories I would like to tell; I'd like to see more films focusing on women's lives.

- Caitriona Balfe

Stories, Films, Lives, Focusing

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

- Caitriona Balfe

Appropriate, Treatment, Cancer

I would love to direct - or try my hand at it, anyway.

- Caitriona Balfe

Love, Would, Direct, Anyway

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