"I don't have a lot of friends I talk to. He's really the only person I talk to. But I told my children. I think it also helps them to be better people to understand a little bit about the world," she added.
The 'Changeling' star, who is visiting Pakistan as the Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), said she is overwhelmed by the complex issues facing the country.
"I think it's complicated. I'm here with UNHCR and they've been in this country for 32 years, and I've been here four times and there's been four different reasons to come. There's one crisis after another. They've pretty much confronted every different type of disaster.