I grew up with four brothers. I used to play sports with them. And I liked wearing their clothes. I'd run around in T-shirts, jeans, and baseball caps. Jaimie Alexander More Quotes by Jaimie Alexander More Quotes From Jaimie Alexander Never be ashamed of what or how you feel... just be honest. Jaimie Alexander feels-just how-you-feel honest I will never be a waif. I want to market myself as a healthy-looking woman who is an action-star kind of girl. Jaimie Alexander healthy girl stars Life is about trusting your feelings and taking chances, losing and finding happiness, appreciating the memories, learning from the past, and realizing people change. Jaimie Alexander memories life past It's kind of a cross between, I think. It's not, you know, over the top Old English, like Lord of the Rings would be or something like that, but there is a very sophisticated air about the Asgardians[?], you know, in their dialogue, and - hold on. Okay. Um, and I'm doing an English accent in the movie. Jaimie Alexander would-be air thinking I think all the fight stuff. I'm cut out for that. I used to wrestle in high school so I really love it, yeah. I love all the fighting and martial arts. Hey, why am I not up there? Oh, it's just a rehearsal. Keep going. Jaimie Alexander fighting art school I'm probably one of the worst actors as far as preparation goes, because I actually don't prepare. I find it easier to read the script and whatever hits me in my stomach, like deep down, I just go with it. And the director kind of molds me whether to go right or left with it. Jaimie Alexander mold scripts preparation I was cast in 'Thor' back in 2009, so it sort of took me out of the running for anything tied to DC Comics. Jaimie Alexander dc-comics casts running There was one time I wrestled two boys and I beat them both! They weighed a lot less than I did and I think they didn't want to hurt a girl, so I don't know if I really won - I'd like to think I did. Jaimie Alexander girl hurt thinking When I was training, I trained with my younger brother Brady. I would wrestle some of my friends, who I had grown up with, which showed me some moves, but it was never a full on match. When I went to competitions, there were other girls, so I always wrestled girls. Jaimie Alexander girl brother moving I think that when people look at me, and they look at my height and my voice and my coloring, they automatically think, "Tough." Jaimie Alexander voice people thinking I'm a very physical person. I hug people, more so than shake hands. Jaimie Alexander hug hands people Um, the relationship between Thor and Sif in this movie is quite platonic. I mean, they're good buddies, they've grown up with each other, they're warriors, they fight side by side. We haven't take it to the next level yet. I'm going to throw that in there. But yeah, she kind of thinks he's a little bit pig-headed, but she loves him nevertheless, you know, she's like that's my buddy, I'll do what I can for him. Jaimie Alexander warrior fighting mean I got into the business all by chance. I really enjoy what I do now, but it wasn't always a huge dream of mine. I think I always had thought about it growing up, though. Jaimie Alexander growing-up dream thinking Green screen, you know, it's been interesting, it's my first time to ever work with green screen technology, and it's, sometimes it can be really boring because you're like wow, I've got to really imagine all of this stuff around me. But it's low maintenance, which is nice, um, and it's not as hard as I thought it would be, so. Jaimie Alexander technology nice interesting I try to do yoga when I can to make sure that I'm flexible and that I'm not going to tear any muscle or pull anything. Jaimie Alexander yoga tears trying I'm blessed with very fast memorization skills, so I don't have to read it too far in advance. Jaimie Alexander memorization skills blessed Television is competitive now, and the great stories live on television right now. I'm finding that I'm enjoying television more than film, these days. That was my motivation to take a TV show. Jaimie Alexander tv-shows motivation stories If I find the right character, I don't care if it's a film, a television show or a play, I'm gonna do it. Everybody crosses over and it's just one big pool of stuff now. Jaimie Alexander play character television The first day's always the hardest, because it moves so much faster than a film does and once you get into that rhythm, though, you feel like you've accomplished so much in such a short period of time, so there a bit of comfort in that. You just have to find your rhythm. Jaimie Alexander comfort moving firsts I'll say this, I'm no stranger to working with a foreign cast, foreign directors, that sort of thing. I love it, because I think that when you have people from different countries, it sort of brings everyone together, it's more of a worldly film. Jaimie Alexander country people thinking
