now compared to her previous life, but she says so much the better. "I hate stress," she says. "In Slovakia I used to be sick every month because there is stress in people's minds. Some people say we had Communism for 40 years and now we need 40 years to build a new life. So people are raised differently here, education and everything here is different." She's heard some of the rap on Americans being full of themselves, but she doesn't have a problem with that. "You have a very strong ego here and you think you are Americans and you think you are the best but that's good because when you live your life here you want to do your best. I like to do my best, too, and I hope that's what I'm going to do here." She's already doing pretty well in the social department. "I was surprised because when I was traveling to LA last year I wondered if it was possible to build new friendships here," she says. "But people are so friendly; I have so many many friends. I had my birthday party last month and there were 40 people there. Guys have tried to see if it's possible to date me, and there's a lot of single people in this town so I see all these people searching. I want to have a great career, that's 50 percent of my life, but I also want a husband and children." And if you're looking to fulfill Sylvia's criteria for the perfect mate, prepare to take notes: "I'm looking for support, trust, strength he must be very nice to me, kind to me, he must understand me and give me my own space. A major movie role for Sylvia Suvadova is still in the making, but she's already working with a top flight director. "Tomorrow I'm shooting a commercial for Panasonic with Oliver Stone," she says. "He'll be in it, shooting us, and I play one of two girls who are beautiful robots. I wear a tight, one piece silver dress." After a childhood living under the shadow of Communism, the actress says she's ready for her happy ending. "It's kind of a Cinderella story, but Cinderella is just starting again here in America."
car. It was very hard so 1 asked everyone to go away but the director. I still can't watch that movie. I really don't remember how I did it I put my mind somewhere else and decided I was going to be that other person, the character, not me. The hardest thing is to show your physical body and share that. I love sharing my soul." Of course, sometimes when you share your soul other people are guilty of taking portions that are a little too big. That's another difference that Sylvia appreciates between the US. and her native land. "Here, people have their own space," she explains. "In Slovakia, once you get married or have a boyfriend, there's a lot of jealousy and things like that That may be a reason I felt so stressed out over there. I had a boyfriend and it was very intense and I didn't feel free in that relationship. It's hard when you have to work there and youre on top and you have a boyfriend who's jealous all the time." In regard to film, her tastes are equally candid. "I just saw Identity.. and I just don't need this dark energy in my life," she says. "It's probably a great movie, but I don't like to see so much violence. I hate horror movies. I like great acting Meryl Streep, Robert DeNiro, Anthony Hopkins. I like movies like The Hours. Some guys say 'Oh, it's too long, it's too depressing and everybody's crying.' Well, it's about us and it has	really strong ideas. That's the kind of movie I like. We don't do so much action in Europe because we're artists, right? We're always shooting drama. I would like to be a Bond girl though. Some Bond girls have an accent, so while I'm working on my accent maybe I could be a Bond girl. I like adventure movies. I feel very spiritual so maybe fantasy would be something good for me. I still audition for Russian girls a lot, which means not so many auditions. But I get great feedback. There's so many calls where they're deciding between two girls." While she's waiting for callbacks, Sylvia enjoys sunny California skies a nice break from the gloom of post Communist Europe. "I love the weather," she says. "Everybody says that but it's so true. In Czechoslovakia when you look outside and it's raining 10 days out of every month, it keeps you very sad. I like the weather and the people. The people are very positive, smiling, even when everything's not great. They dont bother you with their problems. I love Czechoslovakia and this is probably left over from Communism but people really complain all the time. People can spend hours every day complaining about politicians. Here, you care about it, but you're not going to lose your health and ruin your day because of complaining." Suvadova admits she's got it pretty easy