I'm surrounded by people who care about me and love me. I have a great job. I have wonderful roommates who take care of me. I have a family who adores me.

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.

I love getting older! I really believe that a woman doesn't reach her peak until her 40s.

My home is my castle, and I spend a lot of time nurturing it, redecorating - moving this and adjusting that, adding flowers and candles.

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

It's not your circumstances that make or break your day. It's your attitude!

If you watch a film from beginning to end, with no women in it, it's really difficult.