"In A Perfect Getaway I have to steer a kayak close to razorsharp rocks, miles off the coast of Puerto Rico. It`s dangerous - there`s a very high tide and if my boat tips over I`ll go face-first on to the rocks. The sun`s beating down and I`m tipping water over my head. It`s so gruelling trying to get this kayak to go where I want it to go. Then I have a vicious cat fight with a girl who is trying to kill me. We have knives and we`re hitting and punching each other on the edge of a cliff, rolling around in the dust. Sexy girls in shorts - it`s a nice, crazy fight scene."

"It`s probably the most screen-time I`ve had in my life being nice and normal," Jovovich says of the thriller.

"There`s an element when you are out dealing with nature around you that definitely as an actor I think is a lot easier than say, (if) this whole set was a jungle on a soundstage. The whole energy changes, you`re not projecting as much (on a soundstage) and people are like, `remember there`s wind and remember the rain.`"

"My priorities have shifted completely, which has helped my career because there`s this new peace that I have. If I never did anything again, I would be a mom and I`d be totally happy being a mom. Everything has fallen into place so beautifully because I`m not trying so hard. If my daughter`s OK, I can concentrate on something else. So it`s not like all day I`m thinking about me."

About Madonna: "Oh, my God! I used to ride my bicycle around for hours in the garage of our apartment building singing `Material Girl.`"

"You know, I don`t mind being typecast honestly. If I have my niche, I have my niche. I`m very lucky. I`m 33, I`m a mom, I`ve got a great franchise. If people see me as an action hero, great. There could be worse things to be seen as. I still get a chance to work on smaller films where I get to play more versatile characters. Granted, not many people see them, but as an actress I get to do lots of different stuff."

"I have so many weapons at home. It`s not like I sit at home twirling knives, but I`ve always been into handling weapons. As a kid I liked ninja warriors, not dolls. I have some kukris. They are one-handed knives and a bit like machetes, very vicious instruments with a curved blade. They are used for hacking and I love them because they are so versatile. You can really get into the meat of an animal, slice cucumbers and kill zombies - all in one day."

Jovovich remembers telling director David Twohy, " `I`m 165 pounds. I`m not the girl you`ve seen in movies at all. He asked, `How long would it take you to lose 20 pounds?` and I was like, `I`m not interested in losing 20 pounds, I just want to be a mom. But I do want to do this with you so I`ll send you some pictures of myself and you can decide.` He said, `No, I think it`s all right, because you`ll look more like a normal girl; you`re not all fit and stuff.` So I think it worked."

"If you`ve got a good body you should flaunt it. My mum always told me that you`re not going to have it for ever, so you might as well show it off as much as you can now. We are very Russian about that. I like dressing sexily, but I dress for me because guys don`t care as long as you`re showing some skin. You can walk around in short shorts and a tube top and men will think you look great. It`s only women who notice your shoes."

"That`s what was interesting to me about A Perfect Getaway -- that I actually got to play her in a way like the girl next door. No one`s going to give me that part (I thought) so if someone does give that to me, even for two acts of the film, I`m like -- OK, cool."

"Modeling was never a priority. I was always taking acting classes. With acting, you have to work and practice. With modeling it`s the opposite. You shouldn`t care. You should just act blasé and go to parties."

People say that I`m always late, but that`s a myth.

During the day I force myself to at least eat some salads rather than rubbish, and a steak in the evening. In fact, I eat to basically satisfy my hunger. I hardly have the time to appreciate a meal, and I`m everything, but a gourmet.

About Madonna: "Oh, my God! I used to ride my bicycle around for hours in the garage of our apartment building singing `Material Girl.`" (In Style magazine, Sept/2006)

At the age of 16 I was already dreaming of having a baby because I felt myself to be an adult, but my mum forbid it. Right now, I feel like a teenager and I want to have fun for one or two more years before starting a family.

I am a strong Ukrainian girl, that is why I work a lot.

From now on, I approach the cinema as a business woman. I intend to be in more action movies because, apart from Angelina Jolie, no other actress stands out in this genre.

Rather than go to the gym, I would prefer to do martial arts because the time goes by quicker.

If this movie was made in America they would have had a guy and we would have been his harem or entourage. Big studios don`t trust that women will bring in that kind of audience, Tomb Raider" was really an exception to the rule. Most of the time, if you make a big action film there has to be a big action guy in it. It`s very European to trust a woman to play that kind of a role." [on `Resident Evil`]

I love making independent movies, and that`s pretty much what I`m going to be doing for the rest of my years.

Before, being a model, it was just a job, and I was making fun of it. But today, I take my career more seriously. The fact that a reader may buy an Armani item because she`d seen it on me in a magazine is very important to me. So much so that I intend to launch my own label.

It`s going to seem idiotic to say this, but I think that at a given moment we all need a place to ourselves where we can refuge ourselves and cut ourselves off from the world.

Scratch a Russian, and you`ll find a peasant.

I just want to make one really good movie a year. And when I die, to know I was honest as an artist.

Modelling killed me.

I`m a dribbler. [really meaning dabbler, English is not her first language, after all]

I think that`s one of the only reasons God created celebrities. To help those who can`t help themselves.

I worked like hell {on The Fifth Element}. No band practice, no clubs, no pot, nothing.

"If this movie was made in America they would have had a guy and we would have been his harem or entourage. Big studios don`t trust that women will bring in that kind of audience, "Tomb Raider" was really an exception to the rule. Most of the time, if you make a big action film there has to be a big action guy in it. It`s very European to trust a woman to play that kind of a role."

"I`m a dribbler."