When I read a script, I try not to judge the characters. I try to have an open mind and really see what it makes me feel.

Pedro Almodóvar asked me to watch italian films again as homework to look at the energy of all those women from the Italian neo-realist films. A lot of them had those characters that represented motherhood. For some reason, in the '50s in Italy, the mother figure was very important - and my character needed to have that energy.

I have food every day on the table, I have a family, friends, health - all the things without which it wouldn't matter how many roles I get to play.

I try to look at the whole thing and say 'yes' to the projects that I cannot stop thinking about. If I read a script and the subject stays with me - then that's when I want to go to work.

My plate is full with just acting. I want to focus on that, and then maybe direct in the future.

I used to dance for seventeen years -classical ballet, which was very disciplined. I like yoga and Pilates, but I don't have the discipline to go to the gym.

I think superstition has a lot to do with fear: the less, the better.