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I Became An Actor Because It Was The Only Thing I Could Do. I Didn't Have Any Friends, I Didn't Fit In. But When I Started Acting Everything In My Life Shifted And I Felt Happy.

Unfortunately, The Belief That Women Are A Minority Is Endemic In Most Cultures Around The World. Obviously Some Take It To The Extreme Where Violence Against Women Is Legal And Supported And In Other Cultures It Is More Subversive And Easy To Dismiss As "progress."

People Always Ask If I Was Really Voted Most Bizarre Girl In High School. But That One's Actually True. I Was Living In Michigan In A Very Conservative Town And Had A Nose-ring And A Shaved Head And Did Kind Of Strange Things.

There Are So Many Shocking Things. Is It More Shocking That There Are Children Sold Into Slavery In Every City In The World And Right Under Our Noses Or That There Are Villages In Nepal Where There Are No Children Left Because They Have All Been Kidnapped For Sex Trafficking, Or That There Are Generations Of Slaves In Some Countries Where Indentured Slavery Passes From Generation To Generation And That Kids Grow Into Adults Not Knowing That Another World - Another Life - Exists?

Sometimes, I Genuinely Enjoy Having Conversations With Journalists; Enjoying The Few Moments Of Intimacy With A Stranger Is Fascinating To Me. But Once In A While That Backfires And You're Suddenly Reading Something That Has A Bent On It That You Didn't Feel Was In The Least Bit A Part Of The Conversation That You Thought You Were Having. Then You Get Overly Protective And Say Very Little And Then You Come Out Of The Hole Again.