As a society we should be encouraging people out of the debt-culture mindset, not promoting it.

For some reason I just lack that ability to be embarrassed about going up to people. I even do it for friends if they want to ask someone out.

What I generally get from being in Africa is a sense of warmth and openness. As a stranger, you are always welcomed into people's homes and people are always offering you food. That generosity is incredibly touching.

Mandela is this extraordinary individual who can inspire the world. Instead of wanting revenge after being brutalized, he showed the world how to forgive.

When you film in Africa, it's almost like a character in and of itself because it is so beautiful and has this special magic that I've never experienced anywhere else. There is something so incredibly beautiful about the light.

I would say only be an actress if you genuinely feel the calling, because it's a tough profession.

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