Where Does The Book Page End and Your Life Begin?

To further my Jane Austen education/obsession, I recently viewed the Masterpiece Theater version of Northanger Abbey. The book/movie is about a girl named Catherine Morland, who has a very vivid and wild imagination. She loves to read gothic novels and gets so caught up in the stories, she begins to imagine her life as a novel. But, her imagination get hers in trouble with the leading man, Henry Tilney.

What got me thinking about this book/movie, was how Catherine always wished her life was like the books she was reading. The only reason she even goes to Northanger Abbey, besides to be with Henry Tilney, is because she read about it in a gothic novel and wanted to see if it really was haunted.

I really associated with the character of Catherine because sometimes I let my imagination get the best of me. I have always wished that my life was a novel (lately a Jane Austen novel), and sometimes I allow my mind to get carried away with ideas. The movie/book also made me see the repercussions for having the imagination I have, when Catherine also realizes too much of an imagination isn't always best. I just thought that the main character really hit close to home.

My question now is whether there's a movie/book/tv show character that is really like you? I gave my confession, what's yours?