My first big mission for UNICEF in Ethiopia was just to attract attention, before it was too late, to conditions which threatened the whole country. My role was to inform the world, to make sure that the people of Ethiopia were not forgotten.
And...I think that's what life is all about, actually, about children and flowers.
You go back. You search for what made you happy when you were smaller. We are all grown up children, really... So one should go back and search for what was loved and found to be real.
I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people's minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing.
As a child, I was taught that it was bad manners to bring attention to yourself, and to never, ever make a spectacle of yourself ... All of which I've earned a living doing.
It always boils down to the same thing - not only receiving love, but desperately needing to give it.
We all want to be loved, don't we? Everyone looks for a way of finding love. It's a constant search for affection in every walk of life.
Promise me one thing: don't take me home until I'm drunk - very drunk indeed.
For entertainment, a party bears no one in as much as those who are not there.
I'm half-Irish, half-Dutch, and I was born in Belgium. If I was a dog, I'd be in a hell of a mess!
