My character is different from all of the Elves you've met before, in that she's really young. And I keep telling journalists this because I've really focused on that in my performance. I'm trying to distinguish her from all of these incredibly sage and wise Elves that have lived for thousands of years.

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 cried myself to sleep wishing I was ugly because men leered and disrespected me, because they assumed things about my mental capacity or my physical willingness based on the way I look.

I cried myself to sleep wishing I was ugly because men leered and disrespected me.

I felt like I was a good woman, a good person. But I was sinking deeper and deeper into depression, because my soul wasn't living. I was purposely holding down my soul and my spirit. It was dying inside of me.

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.