As many as half of Ethiopia's girls become wives before becoming adults. But Ethiopia is also a place where lasting solutions to child marriage are starting to make a difference.
I know if I wasn't making music and acting, I would be involved in the performing arts world in some way. I would be either writing and making music for other artists or producing movies.
I want to keep working, I want to keep doing my humanitarian stuff around the world, shining light on different places that have problems. Keep making movies, make people laugh.
I never get scared making these kinds of movies because it's all make-believe, but I did cry when I saw the finished version of Man On Fire because it is so sad.
As an actor, as much as I'm interested in how you make movies and TV shows, even as a kid, I've always hated making of featurettes and special features on DVDs. I think it breaks the spell.
I'm a big movie fan, and I want to make movies in every genre. I want to make my romantic comedy one day.
When I make movies, I don't ever go out there to please anyone other than myself. I never try to make a film for the masses. I just try to tell my story.
Make them laugh, make them cry, and hack to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. I am a servant of the people. I have never forgotten that.
The time it would take me to write a screenplay it would take me the time to make two films. I would rather make the movies, and I'm a better moviemaker than I would be writer.
Paying tax should be framed as a glorious civic duty worthy of gratitude - not a punishment for making money.
I only make storyboards for action scenes. Once you make a storyboard, you don't film; it can be a stiff move.
When I ask teachers why they teach, they almost always say that it is because they want to make a difference in the lives of children.
Do what makes you happy; Be with who makes you smile; Laugh as much as you breathe; & love as long as you live.
Stupid people do make me lose my temper and most people are stupid, fortunately for me. It's made it easier for me to make a living.
Testifying has helped me understand that one individual's behavior and actions make a difference. That my actions are important to people other than myself.
Things don't always go as planned, but it's when you make a plan out of the unplanned and make the best of the unlikely things In life.
When we make the show, we are always talking about how the show is really in between what we make and what the viewer thinks of it.
It's impossible to make a record when you're ill because it affects how you listen to things. You can't make decisions. It all sounds terrible.
My idea is to make moves to bring chess back to the world's map, to make it part of the world's geography again.
I know you weren’t born to make people happy, but if you did one day someone else will make you happy too.
I tend to build bulk and muscle easily, and running seems to make sure I stay kind of stringy, if that makes sense.
