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.

It's probably not an accident that the films that I care about happen to be about issues that matter to me, stories that I want to tell. If you're going to spend two years of your life on something it has to matter to you, you have to be passionate about it.

We have a responsibility to be aware of others.

And I didn't know what that meant for a long time. It was only when I began to travel and look and live beyond my home that I understand my responsibility to others.

If you don't get out of the box you've been raised in, you won't understand how much bigger the world is.

On the superficiality of the industry: We are setting an example of what we think is beautiful and you really want to put that much make up on me?

I think I'll be working a lot less as I get older