I didn't grow up in a home that glorified Hollywood. We didn't watch TV. We didn't have a lot of magazines around.

That is the greatest source of my anxiety on this film [The Hobbit], is that I'm going to be lynched.

I cried myself to sleep wishing I was ugly because men leered and disrespected me, because they assumed things about my mental capacity or my physical willingness based on the way I look.

I am so glad that I get to maintain a relatively down-to-earth lifestyle.

I haven't sat down and memorized the language of Elvish, and anyone who does that is crazy!

I tended to be a solitary young girl, and I still am. I would like to find a quiet corner and color in my coloring book. When I think back, I made that corner mine, not really caring about the rest of the house.

When I was young I was soft spoken and a little bit timid and passive. My dream then was to be a ballerina or a figure skater - something very delicate.