When I perform on stage, you have to remember my performance or buy another ticket to the party! In television and film, you can see it over and over again.

Yoga has allowed me to bring my complete spirit together, which allows me to do less, which is more.

I know from teaching, that actors want to act. Even the subtlest actors can do a little too much.

What helps me is yogic breathing, dropping my spiritual level where I am really, really clear that I am playing a character.

People who have not done their research on me do not know that I am European, born in Copenhagen, Denmark to an Italian father from Napoli and a mother from Alabama who was singing opera and went to Europe, met my dad, fell in love, and then moved back to Rome, where I was raised, between Rome and Hamburg.

I like to always wash the slate clean, and reinvigorate my spirit to be connected to the characters that I am doing. I am finding new ways to allow myself to soar beyond the parameters of what the writers have written. My key is to commit, and love your character.

I always wanted to be a boy scout but was too poor. Couldn't do it.