My kids will be needing me a lot when they hit their teens. If I know anything about being a teenager. I need to be braced to be spending a lot of time with all six of them and making sure I can be there for when they go through everything.

I like to hide behind the characters I play. Despite the public perception, I am a very private person who has a hard time with the fame thing.

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 had a lovely experience once in Africa working with the U.N. when a president of a country met me about refugee issues and said ‘What do you do?’ I said ‘I‘m an actor.’ He replied ‘I heard that was a very difficult job and might not be the smartest job to do.’ It was lovely.

All of us would like to believe that if we were in a bad situation someone would help us.

If you ask people what they've always wanted to do, most people haven't done it. That breaks my heart.

When I was growing up I never babysat. I was considered to 'punk rock' to be trusted with kids.