I do hope having done what I did, and America having accepted me the way they did, opens the door for more global talent, which should have representation in global entertainment.

I've been the saddest while I've been the most successful, strangely.

I was obsessed with Tupac - like eat, sleep, breathe Tupac. During this obsessive love affair, I dressed the part.

I wasn't even prepared to be an actress. I was 17 when I came out of high school, and suddenly became Miss World and then I became an actress.

I live with romance in my brain. I'm a true-blue Cancerian like that.

For me exotic means beaches, palm trees and sand and frolicking in the ocean

I like bad boys, and I like to take them home to my mom.