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Maggie Q Biography

Margaret Denise Quigley (born May 22, 1979), professionally known as Maggie Q, is an American actress, model and animal rights activist. She is known for starring in the action films Mission: Impossible III and Live Free or Die Hard and played the title role of The CW's action-thriller series Nikita, airing from 2010 to 2013. In 2014, she portrayed Tori Wu in the film adaptation of Veronica Roth's novel Divergent, a role she reprised in its sequels, Insurgent and Allegiant. She currently stars in the role of FBI Agent Hannah Wells in the ABC political drama Designated Survivor.

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When you come to America, it's a very serious thing. It's not like you arrive and they say, 'Hey, come on! Do movies!' I can't just be hopping around. I have to focus and be still and make sure that I put the time and effort in. Because if I don't, I could lose it like that.

America, Effort, Focus, Hopping, Like, Time

The CW is a very fashion-oriented network and they like their stars to look a certain way. I like that, but at the same time, I need Nikita to be toned down a bit. You can't draw too much attention to Nikita because she's an assassin.

Attention, Down, Fashion, Needs, Stars, Toned

I went back to China and did a movie in Mandarin, and I don't speak Mandarin, so I learned it phonetically. Now, when I'm on set and somebody gives me English lines, I'm like, "Are you kidding? What's happening? This is amazing!"

English, Gives, Giving, Lines, Somebody, Speak

Every action project you take, whether it be a movie or TV series, is always different and a lot of people don't really know how big a difference it is. It's a different style of fighting, a different tempo and all of that.

Action, Difference, Differences, Fighting, People, Tempo

Not only do I not want to be stereotyped as this Asian girl who fights - gee, what a wonder - but also I have more to offer than that.

Asian, Fighting, Gee, Girl, Offer, Stereotyped

I know young people are all going to have different passions, but I would say that if you happen to have a heart for animals, never forget that without your voice, there is no channel for them.

Animal, Heart, Passion, Passions, Say, Young

People always ask how there are female priests, but in this world there are.

Ask, Female, People, World

There is nothing cooler than having lines like, 'Batman, the fate of the world is upon us. ' Who gets to say that? And who gets to say that in a deep, earnest, amazingly sexy way?

Batman, Deep, Fate, Like, Sexy, World

When people go through tragic circumstances, it's not that there is no love there, but it's so hard to deal with and sometimes the gap starts to happen.

Circumstances, Gap, Gaps, Love, People, Sometimes

The 1970s 'Wonder Woman' was sort of a kitsch thing. It was a very specific time for that, and it's hard to modernize something like that.

1970S, Kitsch, Modernize, Woman, Wonder, Wonder Woman

I was basically a broke student, and I moved to Asia and was making some money to go back to school. One thing led to another, and I was supposed to stay two months, but it ended up being eight years. It was the best mistake I ever made.

Eight, Mistake, Months, School, Supposed, Years

I'm bringing what I've always wanted: film quality work on television. That's the way it should be.

Quality, Television, Way, Work

I've gotten used to the point where I'm so used to being sweaty! I like to wear less makeup and be tougher!

Like, Makeup, Sweaty, Used, Wear

I don't think you can be successful in television without appealing to women. I don't think it's possible. I think that men like women. It doesn't really matter what they do - they love anything. But women don't necessarily like every woman, so I think that's a challenge to get the female audience to not only relate to you but also like you.

Men, Possible, Successful, Thinking, Women

There was a time where I thought I could only date vegans. I was wrong because I was missing the fact that somebody should be right for me first, instead of just having similar values.

Facts, Firsts, Missing, Similar, Time, Wrong

Here's my goal: I want to make a seriously dark show, and not on a network that has ever done that.

Dark, Done, Goal, Make, Show

It's just cool for a girl to be able to do her own thing. I do a lot of movies, and I'm very lucky, and I'm not complaining. But in movies, alongside big action men, we've always got to take a step back and let the men shine.

Girl, Let, Men, Shining, Step

As women, I think it helps that we are complex creatures by nature so just being a woman helps to understand a woman's journey.

Journey, Just Being, Think, Thinking, Woman, Women

Obviously, you have to be lucky enough for people to want you to be in films, but that is the plan, definitely.

Definitely, Enough, Lucky, Obviously, People, Want

What could be more unjust than hurting an animal or a child? When you've been gifted dominion over something, that responsibility is real.

Child, Children, Hurt, Hurting, Real, Responsibility

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