Jewel Staite Quotes

Jewel Staite — Canadian Actress born on June 02, 1982,

Jewel Belair Staite is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles as Catalina in Space Cases, Kaylee Frye in Firefly and its spin-off film Serenity, and Dr. Jennifer Keller on Stargate Atlantis. Staite has also starred as Raquel Westbrook in the Canadian drama The L.A. Complex, and Caroline Swift in the crime drama, The Killing... (wikipedia)

My job is never boring. It's always new, exciting, and challenging, and I get a rush every time I go to work. I'm the luckiest person on the planet to be able to do what I love for a living.

I started out doing things like 'Flash Forward,' where I was the girl-next-door, and then, I did a show called 'Higher Ground,' where I played this really mean, sarcastic girl. Then 'Firefly' happened, and everybody thought of me as this bubbly, sweet girl-next-door again.

I think 'Teenage Wasteland' was one of those cult hits like 'My So-Called Life', something that came along and got a lot of viewers and then somehow fell into a bad timeslot that nobody ever watched, and then the network pulled the plug prematurely.

I am not a food critic. Or a chef. Or even a professional writer. What I am schooled in the art of, however, is enjoying myself.

I've had to gain weight for roles and ugly myself up for roles. So yeah, I'm game. I'm game for that kind of thing. I'm certainly not too vain in that respect. If it's a great role, I'm willing to do whatever it is that it takes.

Jewel Staite Quotes

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