When I started acting, I was told over and over again, 'You're no good.' But I said to myself, 'You've got to keep it up.'

For my wrap present, Colin Farrell gave me a first edition book. I got so involved with this character and I was so sad when the movie was over that when I got home and I tried to read the book I got really emotional and I started crying.

When I feel stressed, I turn to food for comfort, but I don't like to diet and I'm not good at it.

Don't try to dress like me or wear your hair like mine. Find your own style.

What worries me the most is that most men are so weak. Because of that they act like they don't care and like machos - because they are too fragile inside. They're scared of confrontation and afraid of so many things.

I said, 'I'm going to the United States to study with Stella Adler and do movies because nobody here has done it and my passion is films.' But I came here and I didn't speak English, I didn't have a green card, I didn't know I had to have an agent, I couldn't drive, I was dyslexic.

The truth is, I just don't have the drive to be the prettiest and the thinnest. I can be happy for other people for their beauty.