Acting is doing, because everything you say or do is some kind of an action, some kind of a verb. You're always connected to the other person through some kind of action.

The name game is frustrating. Agents will say, They love you, but they're going to offer it to Julia Roberts first.

I take the responsibility of choosing seriously because it becomes an indelible part of your body of work. Something has to sing to me.

Primary and especially secondary education is extremely important in preventing trafficking, it allows children to develop critical thinking skills to be able to defend themselves from traffickers and to have the skills that will enable them to have gainful employment to be able to support their families in other ways than being sexually exploited.

When I was 5, my mother threw a party, and a friend and I wrote and performed a play called The Dutch Doll.

I want my life to effect the balance to the positive.

I have to be able to shake my imaginary life from my real life when I walk through the door with my children who immediately need a lot from me. It's actually kind of a relief, especially if it was a dark day on set.