Sometimes acting and politics make a very bad combination. I think that sometimes people take me less seriously in my work for the UN because I am an actor.

I realized that very young - that a life where you don't live to your full potential, or you don't experiment, or you're afraid, or you hesitate, or there are things you know you should do but you just don't get around to them, is a life that I'd be miserable living, and the only way to feel that I'm on the right path is just to be true to myself, whatever that may be, and that tends to come with stepping out of something that's maybe safe or traditional.

Make bold choices and make mistakes. It's all those things that add up to the person you become.

I'm not somebody that thinks about destiny and fate, but I don't walk away from it when something unfolds.

I believe the only people that should be around a child and raising a child are people who absolutely, 100 percent love that child

Figure out who you are separate from your family, and the man or woman you're in a relationship with. Find who you are in this world and what you need to feel good alone. I think that's the most important thing in life. Find a sense of self because with that, you can do anything else.

A word of advice, don't point your #$%^&^& finger at crazy people