Charity is a fine thing if it's meeting a gap where needs must be met and there are no other resources. But in the long term we need to support people into helping themselves.

There needs to be a shift in consciousness; there needs to be an absolute wake-up call before society can actually make the kind of incredibly significant changes that need to happen.

I love to be individual, to step beyond gender.

I didn't want to be perceived as a girly girl on stage.

You have to face things, have faith in what you do and go for it. Think, 'What's the worst that could happen?'

Women's issues have always been a part of my life. My goal is to bring the word 'feminism' back into the zeitgeist and reframe it.

I don't have clear-cut positions. I get baffled by things. I have viewpoints. Sometimes they change.