I love New York, but being there the whole year, it gets a little crazy with the speed and rhythm of things.

It feels great and it's very beautiful when you can bring someone of your own nationality into a story, where even the historic element of it is important. I loved that I could use my own accent for the character.

To be able to explore the genre of the musical is nice. It was great to be able to sing professionally, for the first time, and dance, which was something that I did growing up, but I had not done for many, many years.

The discipline that ballet requires is obsessive. And only the ones who dedicate their whole lives are able to make it. Your toenails fall off and you peel them away and then you're asked to dance again and keep smiling. I wanted to become a professional ballet dancer.

I was 11 when I first said I wanted to become an actress, and everyone looked at me as if I had said I wanted to go to the moon.

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've worked myself to exhaustion before. I was so young, and I thought I could do everything; it was just too much for my body and my mind.