When I am doing things around the house - when I'm decorating, setting up furniture, putting out a vase of flowers, lighting my candles, my mind is always thinking, "What do I need to do to make this space peaceful and restful and comfortable so that when people walk into it, aesthetically they're heightened and enlightened?"

I consider acting a day job - it's not my dream; it's not my be-all, end-all.

Every night I bring home flowers and burn candles. And I have a real sense that home is what starts everything inside of you.

To impress me, a guy has to be completely unaffected by my presence. If he wants to talk to me, talk to me; if he doesn't, don't.

As I grew older, I developed a very innate passion for art. I was actually pretty good at it.

I started to do everything I could to succeed, but found that the more successful I became, the less people liked me.

I got called and was told, "We'd like you to do The Hobbit", which was my favorite of all of them when I was a kid - "And we want you to play a character that's not in the books", I gulped and hesitated, but then I went, "These guys know this world, and they represent this world so well, that I actually think they've earned the right to have a little play."