I think that a lot of women that know they're going to be part of history somehow decide to have a character to be remembered by.

When I speak about freedom, it's about freedom of the spirit. Freedom of the spirit can't be represented by a body. It has to be art. It has to be all the colors. It has to be something that moves and has no boundaries.

Make yourself smell nice. I even wear perfume sometimes when I'm alone.

I'm suspicious of people who talk about their feelings to the whole world

I like being a mother. For some people, it's so much work that it can be a burden. But it's not for me, maybe because I had my daughter, Valentina, later on in life, at 41.

I have a farm and I love it there. There's really nothing to do, but even watching the chickens, its fun.

Art and activism seem to go together naturally, the idea being that if you're an entertainer, you can have a voice, and if you have a voice, you can make a difference. But if I were not an actress, I would still try to extend myself beyond my little micro-universe of my job, family and personal joy.