Breast cancer alone kills some 458,000 people each year, according to the World Health Organization, mainly in low- and middle-income countries. It has got to be a priority to ensure that more women can access gene testing and lifesaving preventive treatment, whatever their means and background, wherever they live.

I became an actress because my mom wanted me to become an actress. It took me until my mid-30s to realize I actually didn’t. I actually wanted to write and direct and be more involved in politics and humanitarian issues.

I don't see the point of doing an interview unless you're going to share the things you learn in life and the mistakes you make. So to admit that I'm extremely human and have done some dark things I don't think makes me unusual or unusually dark. I think it actually is the right thing to do, and I'd like to think it's the nice thing to do.

I try not to think about my public life. I focus on my private life, and that's just the best way to live.

I wish I could find people who just would fight me and break through to me and hold me down and scream their life into my face.

Violence against women is still treated as a lesser crime. Armed groups turn it into a weapon of choice because of near total impunity.

If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I'm not frightened by anyone's perception of me.