I've met real female NCIS agents who were smaller than I am. They were very petite.

That's the beauty of the acting world. You can play so many different characters who know and do so many things that you have no idea about as yourself. So I'm a big fan of workshops and classes and learning new things because you can always apply it. It's your little supply bag of creativity. Keep filling it up.

No actor has a flawless career, but in the long term, I'd like my name to be synonymous with good quality.

I started my career in Portugal, and the longest I've ever played a character was for about a year, which is how long our TV shows last.

My family are everything to me. They come first in everything I do.

We're a very active family, and I like everything in its place. I'm all about designing every little space. It will help me in the business of being a mom. Every single day is so crazy with my work that I just need to be able to come home and do that business as efficiently as I try to do my professional work.

When I was a child, my father used to take me for walks, often along a river or by the sea. We would pass people fishing, perhaps reeling in their lines with struggling fish hooked at the end of them. Once I saw a man take a small fish out of a bucket and impale it, still wriggling, on an empty hook to use as bait.

Very often, overweight children have parents who are struggling with weight issues.