I grew up watching films. Film has been part of my life since I was a child.

When our mothers are alive and healthy, they do extraordinary things... like the mothers of Plaza de Mayo, who marched in Argentinean plazas, defying the military junta dictatorship and demanding the whereabouts of their abducted children... or the Liberian mothers who faced down civil war armed only with T-shirts and courage.

I can contribute, be valuable and grow in many ways, since my interests are so varied. That is very satisfying.

Every day we hear about the dangers of cancer, heart disease and AIDS. But how many of us realize that, in much of the world, the act of giving life to a child is still the biggest killer of women of child-bearing age?

One thing modeling taught me is that the spotlight can change everything.

I think, first of all, every time you want to play somebody who is real is always challenging and always scary, because you are given a responsibility of someone's real life.

In a hundred years, how do you want the world to be? Everybody should get together to make the world a better place.