Usually all my tattoos came at good times. A tattoo is something permanent when you've made a self-discovery, or something you've come to a conclusion about.

I remember the days of auditioning and being nervous and so I really didn't want to make people have to jump through hoops to do auditions and be nervous and make them more nervous. I kind of wanted to hire everybody and find something for everybody.

What's risky is living your life and never trying for anything and never doing something brave and never getting yourself scared.

If every choice you make comes from an honest place, you're solid, and nothing anybody can say about you can rock you or change your opinion

Apart from my children, spending time with refugees was the greatest gift... the greatest life lesson I could ever receive.

Acting helped me as I was growing up. It helped me learn about myself, helped me travel, helped me understand life, express myself, all those wonderful things. So I'm very, very grateful; it's a fun job. It's a luxury.

By remembering that I don't know sadness or pain like the people do in the camp and to be sad will not help them.