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I think people think I'm harder and more arrogant and cocky than I am - because I know how to put on a front, but it's nothing like who I am inside.

I've never been a cocky individual, but I am very confident.

I don't always feel comfortable being outwardly aggressive.

Whatever I am, it's natural... I don't have to pretend to be aggressive, don't have to show the opposition that I am on the field. Being aggressive comes naturally to me, helps me perform.

I'm not cocky at all. You ask anybody, I'm one of the nicest guys. I try to be as humble as I can, but if you work hard, sometimes you know that you earned more respect.

I read all the time that people think I'm arrogant. They say I am cocky, a bad character. I had that from a young age. But when they meet me, they say, 'That image doesn't fit you.'

And also I think particularly as a female, you're taught to be defensive your whole life. You're taught not to be aggressive.

Whenever you're aggressive, you're at the edge of mistakes.

I've never, ever had people being aggressive to me in public or abusing me, and actually quite a lot of men do say to me, 'You're quite good' - though they can't bear to go, 'You're great.'

I guess I've never really been aggressive, although almost everybody else in show business fights and gouges and knees to get where they want to be.