I'm very sensitive. Emotionally, I bruise very easily. I'm a Leo, and this is very characteristic of our sign.

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

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.

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

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."

Nature inspires us. Not being able to reach out and touch it, or see it, makes me get really antsy.

That's what happens in Hollywood. People are like, 'I want to hate you, because everyone else seems to love you.' But the reality is this: I'm a simple person who's not interested in attention and who just wants to go about her business.