On my fifth film, it was then that I stopped dancing.

I went to dance classes from 9 in the morning until 1, then to school from 3 to 10 at night, always under the threat that if I failed a single course I could forget about dancing.

When I said I was going to audition for a film, I got a hearty laugh from all my family.

The film kept me from working as a secretary. It was a real stroke of luck. A miracle.

Compared to dancing, films seemed to me to be the work of lay bums. There was no physical pain; it was enough to say and imagine what was in the script. It was very easy for me.

I didn't go to school a lot.