Powerful women are the most interesting to play.

Mom's a writer, so I grew up reading scripts and I have a real respect for them and I know how much thought goes into creating a role, so I'm always interested to find out what was the thought process of the writer and how best can I convey it rather than trying to change it to suit myself.

Acting is a career without a safety net, because it's not like a professional job where every year you hope to be promoted, and get a sense of career stability. There is never any stability in this business.

I can't impersonate someone. That is not what I do. I can only take someone's essence and create a character out of that.

As an artist, I am interested in telling stories that haven't been told before, stories that are going to affect people, and also stories that shine light on areas of history that haven't had light shined on them before.

I like to believe that we all pray to the same god.

Getting to travel around the world and go to glamorous locations is certainly not what I had as a kid.