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...have a beautiful imagination," beams Thelma Unite [prounounced YOO-NEE-TAY], eyes shining as a broad smile curls across her face. Even then, her presence in this swank coffee shop in Stanley, a ritzy beachside Hong Kong neighborhood marked by flashy cars and exclusive country clubs, would have been hard to envision amid the squalor and deprivation of her native village in Cagayan province, northern Philippines. But Unite, a self-taught artist and singer-songwriter, knows better than most how closely the two places are linked...
Further down the road, there is similarly inventive fare at the 360, www.360istanbul.com, a swank glass and chrome affair with incredible views of the city. Kokorec, sautéed lamb's intestines traditionally served plain on bread, comes finely chopped with sun-dried tomatoes and a roasted red pepper sauce and baked in filo pastry. In the same Beyoglu area is Cezayir, www.cezayir-istanbul.com, a restaurant-bar converted from an Italian primary school and a favorite with hipsters. Here, tandoori chicken is served with the unlikely accompaniment of pistachio rice, and liver paté is accented with Aegean herbs...
Also, did you ever consider changing your last name for Hollywood? Swank is, I believe, a rather graphic skin mag. Captain Brad O'Brien FOB WARHORSE, IRAQ...
...read more answers from Hilary Swank and to submit questions for upcoming interview subjects, go to time.com/10questions
TIME's interview with the star of The Reaping continues on Time.com. Read these extra questions with Hillary Swank...