How I Started Learning English [Titles are almost always capitalized in English.]

That's a funny one. I was about 12-years-old, and I was just fascinated with Ashley Tisdale (if you guys are under 20, you probably know her as one of the stars of High School Musical). And, as an American, of course, she spoke what? English. The problem is that I couldn't understand a thing she said because, as a Brazilian, I spoke what? Portuguese. So I started feeling very uncomfortable about the situation because I desperately wanted to watch (and, of course, understand) what was going on. So I decided that I would learn English on my own. So I did (or I guess I did). I started trying to learn music in English, and then I started trying to understand what people said in TV series (like Friends) and in movies. But the real deal [Do you mean the cool thing or the good thing or the best part?] is that years later I was FINALLY able to understand what Ashley said!!!! And boy, it felt so good! Besides, movies are my passion since I was 10 or 11 (I'm serious about it; I want to work as a producer/actress, etc. [Etc. is typically used after a series of three things. For example, I want to work as a producer, actress, director, etc.]) and I decided that I'd like to work in the United States when I grew up. Well, I grew up, and now I'm trying to become fluent in it. Ashley has nothing to do with my passion for movies, by the way, but I thank her for making it easier and more fun for me to start learning English. :D