Men, when they fight in movies, it's a very different style. Harrison Ford was so cool when he had the whip, and Bruce Lee was such an artist that you couldn't take your eyes off of him.

If you see the Sopranos, you're not going to be speaking in the Shakespearean English.

I grew up in Jackson Heights, Queens, with no money. I was taught not to take anything for granted. If you are too busy being a diva or a freak, then you are not enjoying it.

When you work with chains or any kind of weapons, or just when you're using hand-to-hand combat, you are going to get hurt

Pilates introduced me to muscles I never even knew I had. Soon I started to feel longer and leaner. Ten years of Pilates has really changed my body for the better.

Once you embody the language, the character comes really naturally, especially when you put the costume on.

It's like kill or be killed, that's my thing basically.