I never really thought about getting married - it just kind of happened. It seemed natural, the right thing to do. It was kind of a celebration of the time.

You have Cameron Crowe write an incredible monologue for you just based on the things that you're talking about. It just became this opportunity that was too exciting a process to pass up.

You think that your life is going to be one way, and then, for various reasons or whatever, it doesn't work out.

My grandmother was also an active member of the tenants association and a staunch supporter of the Democratic Party, and both of my parents were extremely liberal, so I think I grew up in a household that was very politically conscious - we all watched the elections on TV, and we watched the debates. So it was an awareness that we were raised with, and as we grew into young adults, we just naturally became politically active. It was just understood that it was important, that it was our responsibility.

[In London] there was definitely less need to wear my big sunglasses.

There is nothing strange, creepy, or inappropriate about John Travolta .

I am very independent. I can look after myself but I still need a lot of love and care.