Actress

The lamest excuse that I get incessantly is, 'Oh, we're not going ethnic with that role,' so I can't go in for it, or I can't get the part, which is really stupid, because, in today's world, people look different.

I'd love to do a comedic film. I'd love to do a very epic Shakespearian film.

My mom was incredibly supportive when she found out that I wanted to be an actress, and that certainly made things easier and more fun.

My mom was incredibly supportive when she found out that I wanted to be an actress, and that certainly made things easier and more fun.

I think, in general, this country makes a huge deal about nudity and not a big enough deal about violence. We're allowed to cut people's heads off on shows - but not allowed to show breasts or somebody breastfeeding or whatever. I think it's a big deal in America especially. But I think to each is own.

I get nervous for any competition. I also get really competitive.

My dad was a news editor for a Brazilian news station, and they had offices in New York and London.

I think, in general, this country makes a huge deal about nudity and not a big enough deal about violence. We're allowed to cut people's heads off on shows - but not allowed to show breasts or somebody breastfeeding or whatever. I think it's a big deal in America especially. But I think to each is own.

You go on a million auditions anyway as an actor, and one out of a hundred, you get. It's a hard life, but you can't really think about it that way.

When I was 7, we moved to New York because my dad's job was transferred.

You learn to not take things personally and to just let it roll off of you.

If you watch the news, you see politicians use human vulnerabilities to get in and earn people's trust.

There are some roles that are more still and internal and emotional, and others that are more physical, which get you out of your mind for a while.

Brazil has a lot of issues that are similar to a lot of countries in Latin America, but the dominant issue Brazil is dealing with is poverty and political corruption.

My hair is normally really unkempt - I'll just use my sunglasses like a headband or throw on a felt cloche by Behida Dolic in windy weather.

I had a very liberal family.

They have a joy for life in Brazil unlike any country I've ever seen.

I'd like to think that every job and every step I've taken progressed more and more toward the career that I've wanted to have.

You don't know what love is until you meet your child.

I think I'm more the method acting school.