I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.

I have a ranch, which is my favorite place in the world.

When you are passionate about life, it keeps you young. Sometimes I wake up at 4:00 am just to see how my roses look.

If you're paralyzing your face in your 20s and 30s, you're not exercising the muscles that give it strength. My feeling is, laugh, cry, move your face.

I think if I was not in love, I would probably let myself go faster. Love gives me the vanity to continue.

I said, 'I'm going to the United States to study with Stella Adler and do movies because nobody here has done it and my passion is films.' But I came here and I didn't speak English, I didn't have a green card, I didn't know I had to have an agent, I couldn't drive, I was dyslexic.

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.