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

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

I try my very hardest to remember that I don't have to be anything but Evangeline. That's all that's expected of me. And if I try to be more or less, I will fall flat on my face. So if I just continue to hold my head high and keep myself in check, I'm being who I was born to be.

When I got old enough to date, I realized that Valentine's Day is just a commercial marketing scam to make men feel bad. So I let my boyfriends off the hook.

I don't know why, but the warmth and the comfort of flickering light help. And a fire, in the fireplace or on the beach, is very comforting. I think when you make something consistent and familiar, it helps. I light candles every single night in my home.

Writing is my number one passion. I've written two novels. I've written a screenplay. I also write short stories and poetry.

You can't have a movie with a group of people that are significant players in the story, that push forward the plot, without introducing at least one or two of them.