Demian Bichir

As a young actor, I booked a movie in the U.S. I didn't speak any English at the time, so I learned my lines phonetically when I auditioned for it.

I left my parents' home when I was 22, I moved to New York with my ex-girlfriend. We did a film together with Raul Julia.

'Lincoln' is a powerful film. It's one of those epic films that talk about this very specific issue in history of the United States.

I knew I wanted to be an actress as soon as I popped out.

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.

I think for any actor, for the roles they deeply, truly want? They always have to audition for them.