I got an M.F.A. in acting from NYU, and part of our training is to learn how to use swords in combat situations in a performance and Shakespeare plays where you have to fight.

I've always been extremely physically active.

There’s a saying in Africa, if you give a woman empowerment, you empower a community, you empower men, you empower man. When women become empowered and live in their strength it’s beneficiary to others, and I think as young women today we sometimes forget that we are standing on the struggle of other women. Those women had to stand up to make a change, and they were not popular, and now we’re making them unpopular again.

My favorite TV shows are Orange Is the New Black, House of Cards, Modern Family, and Veep.

I always used to say hybrids would rule the world - people who have an understanding of many cultures and can relate to them with ease. And then along came Obama.

I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!

You Americans, you have no idea how much your stuff infiltrates the rest of the world!