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

I was lucky that my mother had a very well-adjusted perspective of the world, and never pressured me to do anything I didn't want to do.

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

As an actress, I'm an emotional person.

I try not to define myself. Other people are going to do that for you anyway.

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

The only valid starting point is to understand what we all share - we have to find what we can all agree on.