Odeya Rush

Ever since I was younger, I would make table reads at home where I would give fake interviews.

I didn't act in Israel, but I wrote plays at home and acted in plays at school. I tried to get an agent when I was 12, but they told me that I had too much of an accent.

When I came to America, I told my dad I wanted to be an actress.

I love making movies, but there's nothing like performing live.

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 would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.