There is no shame in being a survivor of sexual violence. The shame is on the aggressor.

I felt I should have been taught about the landmine problem. It made me suddenly realize certain things about the world and how much I had to learn, like the history of the people.

Every character is a part of you and a part of the character that you are going to evolve into that you are not yet.

In the films I've done recently, I've been learning a little more about the side of myself that enjoys being a light. I remember when I used to dress in all black and you'd say. "Just be pretty, hold your head up, be proud. Be a pleasant person and don't cover yourself so much with darkness, your need to be a little crazy." Now I have nothing against anything I've been in before, because I love all sides of me, but I have been experimenting more with that lovely woman side. In this age of feminism, I would hate for the whole gentlemen and ladies things to be lost.

By remembering that I don't know sadness or pain like the people do in the camp and to be sad will not help them.

Refugees have done more for my heart and my spirit than I can ever express in words.

It's the greatest thing that ever happened in my life, my son.