I'm strong and opinionated. Those qualities brought me a lot of problems since I was a little girl in school, saying 'I don't agree' and fighting with the children. It's part of my curiosity for life.

My mother was very passionate about life and she would do anything for us. And she had to fight alone to raise us. We never had a lot of money for extras or anything. She had to work six days a week, and then she would do breakfast, lunch and dinner. She was a super-woman! For me, I don't know how she did it with three kids.

Awards are great, as you get to meet up with friends and colleagues from your industry - a sort of reunion.

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

I think magic is very related to happiness. So it is not there all the time, but there are beautiful moments of magic in everyone's life.

All those cliches, those things you hear about having a baby and motherhood - all of them are true. And all of them are the most beautiful things you will ever experience.

I like roles that people don't recognize me in.