There’ve been moments where I just was tired of being in L.A. It was very difficult. I mean, you’re constantly rejected. And that’s OK, it’s just really frustrating for me, because I try to read scripts and projects that have really great, deeper, meaningful qualities to them. Missy Peregrym Read Quote
I’m really inspired by playing strong women. Anything that I can be a part of like that, to be a role model for young women. Missy Peregrym Read Quote
Three to four times a week, I get up at 7:30 A.M. while the courts are empty at Venice Beach and play full court one-on-one. Missy Peregrym Read Quote
I have a real passion for playing a role that’s a strong female character, that’s just not typical, with a lot of heart, not an easy sell of a movie, not real commercial. It doesn’t have to be a big movie, but I’m just looking for something that I really, truly, 100 percent believe in and am behind. Missy Peregrym Read Quote
I’ve been treated really well for ‘Stick It.’ There was this cop and he pulled me over and he was like, ‘Oh my God, you’re in ‘Stick It.’ I said, ‘Yes. Yes. You’re the last person I would think would be pumped up by this movie’. He let me go, so that was nice. Missy Peregrym Read Quote
I worked at a Sport Chek in Vancouver, only so I could get the discount off snowboard gear. But I hated the job so much, I quit before I got my discount. Missy Peregrym Read Quote
You won’t ever see me being totally sexy on ‘Rookie Blue.’ It’s not right for the character, anyway. Missy Peregrym Read Quote
