I just like to take my time, have a cup of tea and read the paper. I don't like starting the day in a panic.

I think school is so important. I was good student. A rebel, but I did well in my studies. I don't close myself to anything. I liked reading and I still love learning. I loved history and German.

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.

In reality, nobody gets successful in America by being lazy.

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.

I'm not romantic at all. I'm a moaner. I should be on Grumpy Old Men. I'm terrible.

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