I eventually want to come back to Canada, to disappear, have nobody know me, and just be a writer and do what I want to do.

I love my home. It's the only thing I really spend money on. I don't really spend a lot of money on anything else. No fancy cars. No designer clothes.

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

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

Even though I'm resting I'm accomplishing something by sewing that shirt that I've been meaning to sew for weeks. And it's relaxing. It's so very meditative and quiet and enjoyable. But at least I'm producing something. I'm being productive in some way. I have a very hard time being completely idle.

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

I bought almost every single thing that I furnished my house with at the Salvation Army in Hawaii. All second hand. Some of them are kind of retro, and some of them you'd never know.