My kids will be needing me a lot when they hit their teens. If I know anything about being a teenager. I need to be braced to be spending a lot of ti….

It is not enough to defend our values at home, in our newspapers and in our institutions. We also have to defend them in the refugee camps of the Mid….

I see myself as mom first. I'm so lucky to have that role in life. The world can like me, hate me or fall apart around me and at least I wake up with….

I am deeply grateful to the citizens of Sarajevo and the Sarajevo Canton assembly for bestowing upon me this incredible honor of citizenship. I am so….

I always hate speculation on the news, so I don't want to be somebody who speculates..

Never send a boy to do a woman's job..

My earliest memories are of my brother, pointing the home video camera at me and saying, "C'mon, Ange, give us a show!" Neither of my parents ever sa….

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 used to think I was unstable, because I had this thirst for something. I could never figure out what it was. I couldn’t sleep at night, and I alway….

I love directing, It means so much to me to direct stories about subject matter that I care deeply about. I can act in many things, and you can try t….

Everyone got kind of crazy with me mentioning I was in love with a woman..

I need someone physically stronger than me.... I am always on top. It's really unfortunate. I am begging for the man that can put me on the bottom. O….

To be in any way a positive contribution, that's all anybody wants to be. It's all I've ever wanted to be. I wanted to be an artist, be a mother. You….

Cause a little trouble. It’s good for you..

I believe the only people that should be around a child and raising a child are people who absolutely, 100 percent love that child.

Once you have six children, you're committed..

There's something about death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees you to appreciate your life now..

To be put simply refugees are us. And their mothers are like us, they love their children the same, they laugh, they dream, and they are survivors, t….

Becoming a parent has just completely changed me, and made life so beautiful and given me such a center and a focus and such joy..

I removed the window [tattoo] because, while I used to spend all my time looking out through windows wishing to be outside, I now live there all the ….

I don't think the money people in Hollywood have ever thought I was normal, but I am dedicated to my work and that's what counts..