The same men who are placing all these outrageous restrictions on women's freedoms in southern Somalia - that type of mentality - that's what I had to deal with in captivity.

It was a slow understanding that the lack of education in a country like Somalia creates these huge social problems.

I know firsthand how critical support systems are.

It was a slow understanding that my kidnappers really are a product of their environment.

As an audience member, those studio films are fun. I like an adventure tale, and I also like to go see something that has more of a social pulse. I like to keep learning and trying new things. And if the scripts are good, it doesn't really matter.

My fans are honestly so unique and so similar. Wherever I travel, they are so, so different but so the same.

If there is life out there that's so much more advanced than we are, and they know either how to travel great distances in short amounts of time, or they're able to come from a parallel universe into ours, why don't they just come and show themselves?

I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That is why a lot of travel seems to me a waste of time.