I got through my teen years by being a bit of a clown.

The best part of learning any profession, when you're really going through those huge stretching escalated times of learning and energy, is when you want to do it so much.

Very quickly, without really looking back or trying, I was just suddenly lifted into another sphere.

Both my parents were doctors, and my mother had her surgery in the house. There were six children.

I didn't know what to do with myself. I wasn't excited by the teaching of the school. If they'd been intent on really teaching you things, I would have been a little more attentive.

I don't think in my family anyone looked after anyone. It didn't matter how old they were.

Any woman who marries an Italian must accept the undeniable fact that she has also married his mother.