Roxane Hayward

"The reality is I spend every moment working to achieve my goals. Every day that I'm not on set, I'm creating opportunities to be on set."

"If you don't ask, you don't get!"

"I believe it is important for everyone to be able to physically fend for themselves, not just women exclusively."

"Every individual unfortunately has the prospective of becoming the target of a predator. Prevention and avoidance is step number one - something I make a point of highlighting at my self-defence seminars."

"From the moment I was nearly kidnapped, I craved something I had never craved before… It wasn’t just ‘safety’ or ‘sanctuary’, it was more than that. I craved POWER! I finally understood what that buzz word was all about - ‘EMPOWERMENT’. Never again did I want to be the deer caught in headlights, the Beauty overpowered by the Beast, the timid Lion on the Yellow Brick Road to Oz."

"I wanted to be my own hero."

"After starting martial arts training with two-time Muay Thai World Champion, Quentin Chong, I felt such an incredible sense of inner strength (as well as outer - ‘Hello muscles, I didn’t know I had you!’) that I wanted others to feel this too."

"I often find myself feeling like I am speaking a foreign language, even though we are all speaking English."

"Go out into the world and make it happen - one step at a time."

"Remember why you started acting - hold onto that."

"You can be still professional without being serious - keep the fun alive. Keep the creativity going."

"And when you’re having a bad day, a dry spell or a feel like you’re losing momentum; go out into the world and see what you can give to others… No expectations of what you’ll get in return. Your relationships will keep you fuelled along your journey - don’t forget to nourish them."

"Self-care, self-motivation, self-focus are all important and necessary to keep those batteries charged. But placing my focus on others is the thing that really fuelled me, and continues to do so, throughout this pandemic. It’s like ‘curing’ two birds with one stone – there’s almost no way you’ll come out of helping others not feeling better personally."

"The bottom line is, there is no ‘one size fits all’ when it comes to diet and nutrition."

"There is no silver bullet. Life will have it own, unique, individually-crafted set of gifts waiting for you."

"It is great to have a goal, but the most rewarding thing, I’ve found, is overcoming the obstacles on the way to achieving those goals. You’ll need to feel that fire burning underneath you in order to keep you going if you decide to pursue your passion as your career, and that fire is great! But don’t forgot to go with the flow… Sure there might be a few blows here and there, but it shouldn’t feel like a constant fight."

"Keep having fun! Stay professional, but don’t take yourself too seriously."