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.

Don't fit in, don't sit still, don't ever try to be less than what you are...

I make it a point not to buy certain magazines, not because I am against tabloids or things like that, but I want to fill my mind with valid issues in the world.

When I first went to places where people were suffering from war and persecution, I felt ashamed of my feelings of sadness. I could see more possibilities in my life.

I guess that I've always wanted to be a Bond villain.

I always play women I would date.

It is not enough to defend our values at home, in our newspapers and in our institutions. We also have to defend them in the refugee camps of the Middle East, and the ruined ghost towns of Syria.