When I enjoy doing something, I don't mind if it hurts.

I didn't really watch action films growing up! I grew up on stuff like 'Anne of Green Gables' - that was more when I was in elementary school. It was all I ever watched.

In acting, you get to explore such an artistic side with different characters to research and learn and explore different things inside yourself and I do that anyway, so I might as well be doing something that I already do, as in a second nature to me, on film.

I know I'm always rooting for the underdog in a fight, and I love to be constantly surprised.

I think I came up in fighting in a really technical way. If you've ever seen my fights, you know I love distance, I love technique.

My mom used to tell me: It's not what you weigh; it's what you look like.

Since I've started fighting it has taught me a lot about self respect, self confidence and self control.