There is the old boys' club, but there are ­people who are "conviction lobbyists" coming from the heart.

I always get a little bit scared reading reviews.

For me, after emotionally intense roles, I'd need to take a step back because then there's the promoting of the film which is another job in itself.

To play Cleopatra on Broadway would just be incredible.

Don't worry about society's conditioning and the labels that are put on you by external forces. Hold onto your true self.

I try to define myself through my own choices rather than just accepting society's kind of you're that, you're that, let me put you in a box kind of thing.

I was always the one leading the way in terms of wanting to do acting, singing and dancing.