I show through my movies that I can do something else. But I always play strong-minded characters. I think it's maybe because I'm like that. I love being by myself.

Charm is more valuable than beauty. You can resist beauty, but you can't resist charm.

I understand that nobody understands me, but I can't be someone I'm not.

It might seem paradoxical given my profession, but I'm not someone who likes to be in the limelight.

I never want to do the same things twice. I like surprises.

What we wear is the shell of who we are.

After each experience, you grow up, you get enriched with something, and you don't know how you're going to be in six months, you don't know what you're going to want, what you're going to need.

I don't want to think my life as a career. I'm interested in my work only because of the meaning I can make.

I wouldnt mind being in an American film for a laugh, but I certainly dont want to be in Thingy Blah Blah 3, if you know what I mean.

I understand that we cannot make other people happy when they are unhappy.

I'm not imagining me being the James Bond girl, because anyway I don't have the good maturation.

Smartass Disciple: Why do arrogant people like to say complex words ?Master of Stupidity: Ask them straight! You'll get a simple scary version.

A cultural fixation on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty but an obsession about female obedience.

For what are we born if not to aid one another?

I get my most creative energy after a show, so I love to go back to the hotel and compose new material. I generally do it in a rush. I have to get it out, otherwise I can't sleep.

Don't focus on what's wrong. Things may not be perfect, but be grateful for the opportunity to experience each day. Live each day like it could be your last.

The media works in sound bites. They can make you look like a genius or stupid.

I don't shop online. I'm always scared to put my credit card on the Internet!

I early became conscious that men breathe more audibly than women. Sit in a room in silence with men and women, and you can always hear the men breathing.

Erdogan wants an old-fashioned Islam, if you will, for lack of a better term.

I am so impressed with people who can really make a big movie, a good movie. The amount of work that goes into it is incredible.