"I was born in Chile, but when I was a baby my family fled after a coup detat and stayed in Costa Rica for a few years. Then we moved to America, then back to Chile when the situation got better. "
Then we moved to Germany, then back to Chile and then we moved to France when I was 14, and I stayed there. I was, like, 'You guys go wherever you want. I'm not leaving.'
"I'd never been in an action movie before, so it was a completely different gig. I liked the physical stuff. I trained in martial arts and boxing, and did yoga just to keep myself limber. I worked my body so strongly for this role that I felt like I could shove and push with the boys, like, 'What do you want?'"
"I don't believe in nudity for nudity's sake, but it's really beautiful when it's done well, when it's within a story. I'm very comfortable with my body. I grew up mostly in France, where nudity is not taboo. It's not this hypocritical thing where we go, "No!" and then it's "Oh, yes!" When we strip away the clothes, the jewelry, that's who we really are. I walk around naked in my house."
"The situations that are really funny are when people are talking about me and don't realize that I understand every word. One time on a plane, these Italian guys were saying, "Check out the girl! See if you can do her!" The guy next to me was polite enough to engage in actual conversation, and he was quite nice.
So at the end I said, "By the way..." and switched into fluent Italian, and is draw dropped. I said, "You should tell you friend not to be such a fucking asshole, and if he wants to pick up chicks, have a little more class."
"I feel like we're channels for what we do. I mean, there's doubts, don't get me wrong. There's moments when I'm like, what the f*** am I doing, this is crazy, I should just go back and be with my mom. But those moments are very few compared to the certainty I have that what I'm doing is what I should be doing, so that gives you a lot of investment and drive in what you do."
"I don't need jewels and cars. It's about the delicacy of the way I'm handled."
"I'm not good with limitations. I tend to like to find my own.
It hurts sometimes, but it's good. I'm little extreme in that sense-the middle ground is not my forte."
"You've got to be like a bee, and take what you need from every place."
"The Sophia Lorens and Claudia Cardinales of the world are my inspirations."
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