I don't believe in charmed lives. I think that tragedy is part of the lesson you learn to lift yourself up, to pick yourself up and to move on.

[If you want to] ask the question what is beautiful? It's the life that you lead. It's the life that all women lead.

I'm a true believer that everything happens the way it should.

I like hard work. I like putting the effort towards it and then being able to look at it and go, "All right, I did that."

I was raised in a country [South Africa] with a lot of political turmoil. I was part of a culture and a generation that suppressed people and lived under apartheid regimes. I don't know how you can come out of that and not have an awareness for the world. I think that if my life had turned out any other way and I was working in a bank, I would still feel this way about it, because there's a connection to humanity that to me is really important.

I just want to make good movies. Honestly, the only difference for me with this stuff is that there is more people on the set.

There's an instant access to luxury that I think women really appreciate.