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I Just Started To See The World As It Really Is And It Completely Shocked Me And Changed My Opinion On Everything.. On Life And My Values And Certainly My Own Sense Of Self.

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I Just Started To See The World As It Really Is And It Completely Shocked Me And Changed My Opinion On Everything.. On Life And My Values And Certainly My Own Sense Of Self.

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Imperfect Person

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Most Nights, Someone Ends Up In Our Bed. The Kids Do Knock Before Entering. We've At Least Got That Part Down Because Mommy And Daddy Need Some Space.

I've Realized That Being Happy Is A Choice. You Never Want To Rub Anybody The Wrong Way Or Not Be Fun To Be Around, But You Have To Be Happy. When I Get Logical And I Don't Trust My Instincts - Thats When I Get In Trouble.

If I Make A Fool Of Myself, Who Cares? I'm Not Frightened By Anyone's Perception Of Me.

Apart From My Children, Spending Time With Refugees Was The Greatest Gift... The Greatest Life Lesson I Could Ever Receive.

The Beautiful Thing About Such Moments In Life Is That There Is So Much Clarity. You Know What You Live For And What Matters.

Never Send A Boy To Do A Woman's Job.

There Doesn't Need To Be A God For Me.

War Is So Complex; Human Nature Is So Complex. There's No Filmmaker Who Has Ever Figured It Out Perfectly.

In Africa, We Were Around Thousands Of People Who Have Seen A Lot Of Poverty, But They Were Fun At The End Of The Day.

Like Every Mother, My Wish - Every Birthday - Is For My Children To Stay Healthy (and) For My Family To Remain Healthy.

I Personally Feel Like, If You're Watching A Film About War, You Should Get A Sense Of What It's Really Like.

I Do Have Tatoos, And I Do Wear Leather, But There Are Other Sides Of Me, That My Film Express.

When I First Went To Places Where People Were Suffering From War And Persecution, I Felt Ashamed Of My Feelings Of Sadness. I Could See More Possibilities In My Life.

I Hide My Emotions Mainly Because You Don't Want Somebody To Know That You Feel Sorry For Them, Because They Will Feel Worse, Or Because You Don't Want Someone To Know Or See Your Fear. If Someone Like A Sick Kid Or A Burn Victim Sees Your Fear, They Respond To How You Respond. And If You Show Them It's Terrible, They Will Get Upset. It's Something I've Learned Over The Years.

Everyone Can Help. We Can Educate Ourselves And Our Children About Other Countries And Cultures. We Have A Responsibility To Be Aware Of Others And I Believe This Will Inspire The Individual Way Each Person Can Make Their Difference.

I Like To Hide Behind The Characters I Play. Despite The Public Perception, I Am A Very Private Person Who Has A Hard Time With The Fame Thing.

Sometimes I Think My Husband Is So Amazing That I Don't Know Why He's With Me. I Don't Know Whether I'm Good Enough. But If I Make Him Happy, Then I'm Everything I Want To Be.

I Don't Do Things That Are Comedic. This Is Such A Crazy Idea.

No Matter What You Have Gone Through In Your Youth, It Is About Who You Choose To Be In Life. You Can Define Your Own Destiny. You Can Be Stronger Than A Very Difficult Past And Overcome It.

Be Brave, Be Bold, Be Free.

I Just Started To See The World As It Really Is And It Completely Shocked Me And Changed My Opinion On Everything.. On Life And My Values And Certainly My Own Sense Of Self.

Yeah, But Before Anything, I Think In 6 Years Somehow I've Grown Up To Have A Beautiful Home, 2 Beautiful Stepchildren, A Beautiful Husband, My Family Is Healthy And Happy. I'm Financially Ok And I Do What I Love For A Living. That's What I Think, And I Think God, How Did I Get So Lucky.

I'm Looking Very Much Forward To Growing Older. I Want To Be An Exhausted Older Woman But With A Very Full Life Behind Me And One Still Going.

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I Felt I Should Have Been Taught About The Landmine Problem. It Made Me Suddenly Realize Certain Things About The World And How Much I Had To Learn, Like The History Of The People.

To Actually Feel Like You've Done Something Good With Your Life And You're Useful To Others Is What I Was Always Wanting, And Was Always Looking For.

It's Angering That Not Everybody Has Signed This Treaty To Ban Landmines. It's Disgusting, It Really Is, Because It Is Fact That (mines) Hurt A High Percentage Of Civilians. They're Not Effective In Any Other Real Way. They've Enough Weapons For War.

It's The Greatest Thing That Ever Happened In My Life, My Son.

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The Loss Of A Child Is My Greatest Nightmare.

Loss Of A Child

If You Don't Get Out Of The Box You've Been Raised In, You Won't Understand How Much Bigger The World Is.

To Do Something Good, It Has To Scare You.

I Wanna Better Understand The World I Live In, And I Wanna Be Able To Learn How To Be More Effective... I Wanna Learn And I Wanna Listen.

I'm Just Glad I Was Able To Return To Some Of That Innocence And Beauty I Had As A Child When I Started My Own Family, And My Children Brought Me Back Some Of That Spirit.

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They Say It's Better Than Sex. It's So Much Better. It's Amazing.

I Like Someone Who Is A Little Crazy But Coming From A Good Place. I Think Scars Are Sexy Because It Means You Made A Mistake That Led To A Mess.

When Other Little Girls Wanted To Be Ballet Dancers I Kind Of Wanted To Be A Vampire.

In The Films I've Done Recently, I've Been Learning A Little More About The Side Of Myself That Enjoys Being A Light. I Remember When I Used To Dress In All Black And You'd Say. "just Be Pretty, Hold Your Head Up, Be Proud. Be A Pleasant Person And Don't Cover Yourself So Much With Darkness, Your Need To Be A Little Crazy." Now I Have Nothing Against Anything I've Been In Before, Because I Love All Sides Of Me, But I Have Been Experimenting More With That Lovely Woman Side. In This Age Of Feminism, I Would Hate For The Whole Gentlemen And Ladies Things To Be Lost.

When You Have Kids It's Nice To Have A Place Where They Can Always Return To And Some Place Where They Will Grow Up In, But I Never Had That. I'm Not Attached To Things And Places. I Like That We [the Family] Keep Moving. It's A Nomadic Life, And I Think That's A Great Life. I'm Excited When We Take Our Kids To A New Country And They Don't Just Immediately Look For The Comforts Of Home. They Blend Into That Country. Send Them To Any Place In The World And They Won't Be Scared. They'll Just Feel Like They Can Make Friends There.

Sometimes Acting And Politics Make A Very Bad Combination. I Think That Sometimes People Take Me Less Seriously In My Work For The Un Because I Am An Actor.

All Of Us Would Like To Believe That If We Were In A Bad Situation Someone Would Help Us.

It's Easier To Be With Somebody. But It's Better To Be Single If You're With The Wrong Person.

It Is Wonderful To Hear Of The Relief Efforts That Are Finally Coming To New Orleans And The Rest Of The Region, But As Well All Know, It Is Simply Not Going To Be Enough.

For Anybody That Works In Any Kind Of Demining Or Any Kind Of Humanitarian Aid Work, There Is Danger And It's Always A High-risk Area [in Cambodia].

I'm Trying To Find Things That Are Extremely Challenging Or Mean Something To Me Deeply.

I Like To Work With Artists From Around The World. There Are So Many New Inspiring Filmmakers. I Had The Privilege Recently To Work With Ethiopian Filmmaker Zeresenay Mehari And His Wife On The Film Difret. They Are That Unique Balance Of Very Thoughtful Conscious Filmmakers Who Are Also Brilliant, Original Artists.

It May Sound Cliché, But When You Feel Beautiful And Strong On The Inside, It Shows On The Outside.

The Great Thing About Having A Bunch Of Kids Is That They Just Remind You That You're The Person Who Takes Them To Go Poop. That's Who You Are!

I Approached Unhcr Because I Believe In What The United Nations. I Believe Refugees Are The Most Vulnerable People In The World. They Are Affected By Everything, Including Landmines. They Are Vulnerable To Everything.

Not Many People Know This About Me, But I'm A Natural Blonde. My Hair Went From Light Blonde Naturally To A Darker Kind Of Blonde. My Mother Dyed My Hair Dark When I Was A Child, As I Loved The Look Then. So I'm Basically A Natural Blonde.

Life Comes With Many Challenges. The Ones That Should Not Scare Us Are The Ones We Can Take On And Take Control Of.

Children Should Be Allowed To Express Themselves In Whatever Way They Wish Without Anybody Judging Them Because It Is An Important Part Of Their Growth... Society Always Has Something To Learn When It Comes To The Way We Judge Each Other, Label Each Other. We Have Far To Go.

I Just Stay Healthy All Year Round. I Try To Feel Good In My Skin. For Me, I Have Trained In Ballet My Whole Life So My Body Really Feels Best When I Feel Strong And Tight And Toned, And I Think That Comes From Years And Years Of Constant Training As A Ballerina. Leading Up To The Show, Getting Out There In Your Underwear, You Just Want To Feel Your Best Mainly In Your Head Than More Anything Else. Obviously You Want To Feel Good Physically Too, So It's More Just In Your Head, Pushing Yourself, Approaching This Challenge And Taking The Opportunity To Push Yourself A Little Further.

I'm Able To Be Very Effective Because I'm Not A Democrat, I'm Not A Republican. So, I'm Not Tied, And I'd Never Want To Be Tied To Anything, To Some Constituency That I Would Have To Answer To.

I Went Through A Period When I Felt My Film Characters Were Having More Fun Than I Was. It Might Partly Explain Why I Ended Up Tattooed Or Doing Certain Extreme Things In My Life.

The Most Upsetting Thing Is That The Us Is A Leader In The World, And If They Don't Sign, Then How Do You Expect To Convince Russian And China And Iran, Pakistan, All These Other Countries, To Sign? They Simply Won't. (the Us Government) Feels It's Against Their Constitutional Right To Bear Arms, Or They've Said That It's Needed In North And South Korea, On The Border. I Don't Think Any Of These Are Good Enough Excuses For The Damage.

If I Think More About Death Than Some Other People, It Is Probably Because I Love Life More Than They Do.

It's Been A Lifetime Ambition Of Mine To Play An 007 Villain.

I Think We Should Try To Be Responsible And Educate Ourselves. I'm Simply Doing That And Traveling, Learning First Hand, And Seeing First Hand What's Going On.

If You Don't Get Out Of The Box You've Been Raised In, You Won't Understand How Much Bigger The World Is. You Might Never Find Out That You Are Useful For All The Right Reasons - And Not All Those Stupid Things That People Tell You You're Useful For.

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