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My kids learned to be independent.

By the time I was a young man, I was pretty independent.

I'm a teenager, but I'm independent - I have my own apartment, I have my own life. And I think I have learned more than any of those teenagers have in school. I learned to be responsible, leaving my family and coming here alone.

I grew up in a family of nine kids.

I believe the reason for my early independence is sport, through which I learnt at an early stage to take care of myself and be disciplined.

I knew when I was 10 that I wanted to act full-time.

My children are grown now, they are more independent.

I mean, I like to think of myself as being strong and independent, but I definitely wasn't like that at 14.

At 9 years old, I moved in with my father because my mother could no longer care for me. Looking back, I now see so many similarities between my own childhood and that of my sons. My father stepped in when I needed him, and that gave me the chance for a better life. That's what I'm doing for my boys now.

I have grown up alone. I've taken care of myself. I worked, earned money and was independent at 18.