AP Interview: Oscar winner mulls activist career

By Associated Press

Published February 8, 2013 5:00am ET

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AP Interview: Oscar winner mulls activist career — US actress Mira Sorvino, a UN Goodwill Ambassador to combat human trafficking for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, speaks during an interview by the Associated Press at the United Nations in Vienna, Austria, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. "I love acting and that is my job right now," Sorvino says. At the same time, she describes her advocacy against human trafficking and modern-day slavery as "my calling," and so important that "in a decade or so, I wouldn't mind just switching to a career in humanitarian causes." (AP Photo/Alexander Mueller) | Alexander Mueller

VIENNA (AP) — Oscar-winner Mira Sorvino says she could see giving up acting for her other passion — human rights advocacy.

While saying she loves acting, she describes her efforts to stop human trafficking as “my calling.”

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