I wanna better understand the world I live in, and I wanna be able to learn how to be more effective... I wanna learn and I wanna listen.

I don't think the money people in Hollywood have ever thought I was normal, but I am dedicated to my work and that's what counts.

There is no greater pillar of stability than a strong, free and educated woman, and there is no more inspiring role model than a man who respects and cherishes women and champions their leadership.

I think every teenager is a hero. When we are young we feel so much pain. Go to school is like going to war, people let you down all the time. Sometimes it's very, very difficult to stay strong, but you have to.

The life changing moment for me what the first time I went to a war zone and that was Sierra Leone. I took two weeks, eleven years ago and I went. I wasn't an Ambassador or anything I just asked to go and I was allowed to go. It was like someone smacked me in the face.

... the one that has the worst effect for me was pot. I felt silly and giggly - I hate feeling like that.

For whatever reason, I don't know why, but Cambodians learned something in their suffering and their struggle that we have lost touch with.