Elena Roger

“When I am working, I have two shows on Saturday, and when I wake up, and it's a lovely day, I just cry. I'm joking: I love my job.”

“I love to be awful. There's nothing wrong with being awful.”

“At the age of 15 I began my singing lessons, and once I became a professional performer, I dove into acting.”

“I hate, hate Times Square!”

“I like to tell stories through dancing and singing.”

“I've never been punched in the face, so I didn't know it would hurt so much!”

“Sometimes Buenos Aires is not so safe. You are scared to have someone behind you at night.”

“'Piaf' I did it because I wanted to do more theater instead of only musicals, and someone gave me the book and said to me, 'You have to do it.'”

“I feel that working now is the way for me to learn things, whether it's languages or another activity.”

“In Buenos Aires, I have a very close friend who speaks very good English, and she taught me. It was quite difficult because the muscles of your mouth are used to your language, and then when you want to speak another language, they don't go to the place they need to go to make the sound.”

“I don't know if vocally I am so great.”

“I didn't go to university, and I always had in my mind that I hadn't studied properly.”

“Sunday is the day I connect with Buenos Aires. I speak to or text my mother every day, but on Sunday I phone everyone.”

“I keep everything fans give me, if I can, but I do worry about when I run out of room in my house!”

“I really enjoy spending time at home.”

“London has this culture of the theatre that is so big, it was a like a dream - but I never had a thought to be able to play here because my English was not very good. So being given the opportunity to come work here was like a gift.”

“I am not normal.”

“I remember one director in Argentina said to me, 'You are not going to have any opportunity to be a leading lady because of your height.' And I didn't care. I don't have a complex.”

“I thought that I'd never be able to work in films or TV. Another girl would be cutting her nose to be an actress. I was always very sure about myself.”

“I would like to play Broadway!”