You typically find stereotypical female characters that are people pleasers, where they are wives and girlfriends, typically, who are in the background.

I didn't grow up a huge fan of the Western genre because there was never a female character to relate to or look up to.

I think that, a lot of times in Hollywood pictures, the reality, the messy reality of women's lives - it's avoided, because I think people are just afraid of it. There's a standard that women are set to, to try to keep everybody comfortable.

I want to have a long career.

I'm in love with college football. I have such a blast with it.

I've always wanted to be in journalism. I even started a course at Loughborough doing media studies. I like all sports, and I am keen on writing. But I thought that while I was still young, I ought to make a real go of it at badminton. So I have put all my focus on playing sport instead of writing about it.

I am immensely blessed to be in America. This country has given me so much since I came here from Turkey as a teenager, and I feel obliged to give back to the community. I spent the summer crisscrossing the nation, holding 50 basketball camps for kids in 30 states.

It's humbling how my peers view me as not only one of the best Olympic power and weightlifters, but as an athlete.