Mum had a job fitting upholstery into cars, but, in the evenings, she worked as a seamstress.

I've been in love with the cinema since childhood and it's a fantasy of mine to appear in a Hollywood movie.

I think a lot of people have a vision of L.A. in which TV executives and movie directors plan their latest productions by the swimming pool.

I love reading. I'm very much into history, novels, biographies and I have a wide range of thrillers.

I look after myself. I train and go to the gym.

When it came to the stylish and graceful art of ballroom dancing, my dad was a king of the clubs, a prowling tiger and a wonderfully natural mover.

When people speak their own language you get a much better sense of who they are.