I was born with a love of animals, the same way I was born with brown hair. When I was a little girl in Rome, I always had pets, which I adored.

I've always been conservative. I was born that way.

I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there.

I was always interested in animals, but when I was little, animal behavior was still a new science. It was available to become a veterinarian, it was available to study biology, but not specifically animal behavior. In the '60s, Jane Goodall was the founder of this new science.

As a little girl, I was always shy, but in front of the camera I wasn't.

I was so rude when I was a little girl.