Daniela Ruah Quotations

No one wants perfection. I want a confident, smart guy, obviously, but what's hot is a guy who doesn't have all the answers. We gals like a guy we can help because, ultimately, we like being needed.

I was always such a skinny kid, so I kind of grew up with an 'I hate skinny' mentality.

I was born here in the States. I moved to Portugal when I was five. And then my parents put me in an English school.

I'm starting my own family and there is no other feeling like it.

The producers like to keep people guessing and keep them on the edge of their seats.

I was always such a skinny kid, so I kind of grew up with an I hate skinny mentality.

Im not from the States, so Thanksgiving, for me, was never a huge tradition.

Ive met real female NCIS agents who were smaller than I am. They were very petite.

A family is created throughout the process, and it's always difficult when you lose someone.

Having a gun in your hand is very empowering.

No actor in the world started off at the top.

My main goal, when I started acting, was to show as much versatility as possible because I like playing diverse roles.

When you go to an audition, don't hang on to it because no matter how well you feel it went or how badly, you just never know what the outcome is going to be.

There's no better training than working on a soap opera because of the amount of hours, the amount of pages you do a day are unbelievable. It's the best training I had in terms of discipline.

I've met real female NCIS agents who were smaller than I am. They were very petite.

A Portuguese is not going to punch you for no reason.

It's a birthmark called nevus of Ota. It covers the whole white of my eye and darkens it. The square of the eye, the white part, is completely dark on my right eye, not just the iris.

That's the beauty of the acting world. You can play so many different characters who know and do so many things that you have no idea about as yourself. So I'm a big fan of workshops and classes and learning new things because you can always apply it. It's your little supply bag of creativity. Keep filling it up.

I started my career in Portugal, and the longest I've ever played a character was for about a year, which is how long our TV shows last.

There's this accent that I think everybody has when they grow up going to an international school. It's a mix of not quite English, not quite American. When I moved to L.A., it just went completely American.

I know a lot of procedurals have huge viewership, yet they're never nominated for awards.

I do have a huge fascination for science, and I love to hear what my dad has to say. He used to take me into minor surgeries when I was a kid and let me watch, so I definitely have a passion for it, but it's not as big a passion as I have for acting and creating characters.