When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers I kind of wanted to be a vampire.

If you become aware of a public self, you're in danger of becoming a very artificial person.

I honestly want to help. I don't believe I feel differently from other people. I think we all want justice and equality, a chance for a life with meaning.

Films that I want to do are few and far between.

Now they can do all these magic things with computers. So you think you get to do something in a movie and you find out you don't get to really do it.

There's something about death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees you to appreciate your life now.

We need the political will, and that often comes from the will of the people. So if celebrities or personalities can help to educate the people - not influence them, not tell them (what to do) - just tell them the truth about what's happening and let them form their own opinion, that will strengthen them and they will push their politicians.