Anybody, anywhere in the world, all they want is to be free, to choose what they want to do without having someone tell them how to do it.

Everything big-budget or stereotypical I was offered after 'Slumdog Millionaire' was a huge no-no.

Young women who want an education will not be stopped

I'm proud of myself. I like the way I'm made.

As the worlds getting filled with temptations, were getting a bit frivolous and a bit fickle.

I'll never forget where I'm from. It's essential to remain humble and evolving.

More than anything else, if you can spend a great deal of dedicated time observing people without judgment, that can be a great way of learning.

The only thing I can pride myself on is making a really good breakfast.

One of my favorite actors is Javier Bardem, he always challenges his previous roles, and basically does the unexpected.

I think it's important to be extremely proud of one's origins, especially when you are a foreign actress with ethnic features.

Here's another secret - I have really big feet. I'm a size ten, so every opportunity I get I buy myself shoes.

I do not take constructive criticism from people who have never constructed anything.

Shyness is a luxury reserved for those who are above the poverty line. To a beggar, being shy is deadly.

I had such a normal and amazing childhood. I've been so lucky. My parents are cool and normal. They don't talk about the business, and I still have stuff to do at their house.

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.

"Wholeheartedly" means that we give our time, love, and energy unstintingly.

Damn where my roof just go? Top slipped off like Janet at the Super Bowl.

Women offer unique contributions to making and keeping peace - and that those contributions lead to better outcomes not just for women, but for entire societies.

Poor fool! in whose petty estimation all things are little.

God help the man who ever really loves you.

Whoso has sixpence is sovereign (to the length of sixpence) over all men; commands cooks to feed him, philosophers to teach him, kings to mount guard over him,to the length of sixpence.