Doing designs on a loom takes a lot of talent and experience, and, trust me, I won't be able to do that.

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.

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

If you don't have a dream in life, I don't know what you have. You have to want something beyond your reach; it's exciting when it works out.

The most inspiring piece of advice I've gotten is simply to persevere. My mom taught me to always keep going no matter what from an early age. When it feels too difficult to push forward, I always remind myself, 'This too shall pass,' and then I redouble my efforts.

The message of our campaign is "Make every mother and child count". This campaign is not just about health. It is also a powerful call for radical progress in women's rights and the rights of their children. Too often, the health of mothers and children does not count. In too many parts of the world, they are forgotten.

I always loved having the chance to disappear in a story. I always was kind of obsessed with that.