“You don’t have to work hard to bring emotions. It all just comes naturally, you’re there living it.”

“I’m not a dark person at all, so those roles are the most challenging. I don’t think I’m necessarily drawn to dark things. It just seems to work out that way.”

On actress Kate Winslet: “I want to lead my career like she does, making big films to be able to dedicate herself to smaller projects. Like, she did the blockbuster Titanic, but she also did the cult Iris”

“I like to, out of the blue, call my friends over, without any agenda or formality. This is very Brazilian. Americans are more formal. Nobody shows up at another person’s house without letting them know first, without an invitation. I love the spontaneity. And this is very Brazilian.”

“I am much more Brazilian than American. I was born in California, but I like to say that I’m from Brazil.”

“I’m dying to do a film in Brazil. But I don’t know many people in the business there.”

“I don’t do movies because they’re of art or because they make money. I do movies because I like the idea.”

“I learned [to act] by intuition, with people I’ve worked with.”

“When I think of Brazil, I already think of samba, beach and bikini.”