I will go out of my way to avoid the shopping crowds and the extreme consumerism - I hate all that.

The word feminism needs to be taken back. It needs to be reclaimed in a way that is inclusive of men.

When you go to Africa, and you see children, they're usually barefoot, dirty and in rags, and they'd love to go to school.

I think Scotland could take a stand in a wonderful way, ecologically and morally and ethically.

As a creative person, you just put something out into the consciousness of the society you live in.

Motherhood was the great equaliser for me; I started to identify with everybody... as a mother, you have that impulse to wish that no child should ever be hurt, or abused, or go hungry, or not have opportunities in life.