Violence against women and lack of intervention and man's inhumanity to man and this kind of atrocities are going on. These are big issues of our times, we must speak about them, we must learn how to better understand how these things happen so we can address them.

Every day we choose who we are by how we define ourselves.

I went through what I imagine thousands of other women have felt. I told myself to stay calm, to be strong, and that I had no reason to think I wouldn't live to see my children grow up and to meet my grandchildren.

Apart from my children, spending time with refugees was the greatest gift... the greatest life lesson I could ever receive.

I'm shy to call myself a director still. When someone says, 'What do you do for a living?' I don't know if I've earned that.

I don't see myself as beautiful, because I can see a lot of flaws. People have really odd opinions. They tell me I'm skinny, as if that's supposed to make me happy.

If every choice you make comes from an honest place, you're solid, and nothing anybody can say about you can rock you or change your opinion