Lindsay Lohan was the 'It' girl from, like, 14. That's a lot of pressure.

The written word can be powerful and beautiful - but films transport us to another place in a way that even the most evocative words never can.

It's too distracting to read about yourself. You want to be perfect and you want everyone to love you, and that's never going to happen.

When I was younger, I was very athletic and I always loved sports and physical things.

I will always have a child in me. That is what Pete Jackson has got, what a lot of the directors I have worked with have. It is about knowing how to have fun and that is something I always want to hold on to.

I'm Irish, so I'm messing all the time. Which means, I'm having a laugh. I'm always making jokes.

Everyone thinks I'm ethereal. But I'm not like that, you know. I'm not ethereal. Well, I might have a little bit of that quality to me, that 'old soul' thing, but I'm not ethereal.