I think when you have doubts, you just say no.

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.

Higher consciousness means your self consciousness ceases to exist

Why us?" he said. "Why is it happening to us?""Everything has to happen to someone, " said Ginger.

Life is an end in itself and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.

To me, leadership is about encouraging people. It's about stimulating them. It's about enabling them to achieve what they can achieve - and to do that with a purpose.

My grandmother told me: 'Never be in debt to anyone or anything.' Which is probably why I've never been financially extravagant - I still go to Costco. I'm always conscious of living within my means.

I take a lot of vacation because I get a lot of vacation

No one - absolutely no one - is above the law.

I left the government because I saw the only way to get family planning moving, was to do it outside the government. I was never disillusioned with government.

People in Scotland appreciate homegrown talent, but it's getting harder and harder to get films made in Britain.

I think people see me definitely as a "gangsta" rapper, and what people love about me is when they meet me and they meet me again later, I'm the same dude they spoke to and ain't nothing changed.