I adore having people over to my home. My number one reason I love that is because I love to see people at ease with each other.

Outside of acting, the person that I admire the most is my mother.

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

I'm very picky when it comes to men. I come across a man who I'm really attracted to about once every five years.

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

I was a die-hard fan of these books [The Hobbit] before the films ever came out. And when I say die-hard, I wasn't the person who could speak Elvish, but I really loved them.

The people on my mum's side of the family are atheist intellectuals who are ueber-proper. My dad's side of the family are missionaries who are more comfortable sitting around in sweatpants than they are in a five-star restaurant. But those two influences converged in my life.