Quotes

[being Brazilian] When I say I'm Brazilian, they don't believe me because they think all Brazilians look Hispanic. The truth is, there are all different nationalities raised there - Chinese, African - it's a big mixture."

[high school culture] The whole teenage society of being popular, or being a nerd, is strictly an aspect of American culture. It's probably because, in Brazil, school is strictly for learning; there's no socializing. We didn't have sports and dances and cheerleading, and there's basically no real social functions involving school. Your friends are all made out of the classroom.