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

I don't like myself. I'm not vain at all. I hate looking at myself - I always think I look ugly. Honest.

I love contemporary art, although I wouldn't want a pickled shark in my house.

I'm a sucker for turquoise sea, white beaches and palm trees. I've been to the tropics every year since I could afford it. It's the perfect place to unwind. I can chill out, read, do a bit of yoga.

In America they like my spicy TV alter ego, probably because there were a lot of Italians and Hispanics in the country, but the real L.A. life is a hard-working one.

When people feel threatened by you, they find something that is belittling.

When I was 10, I knew there was something different about me. Everyone was football-mad, but I just wanted to watch musicals and see art.