Basically, Apollo was more of a mediator between Zeus in Olympus and Perseus on Earth. He played much more of an active role.

It was very weird because for a long time no one really recognised me from my films, but 'The Hobbit' has totally changed that, and I've had some really special moments, especially with youngsters.

I had a very lovely childhood, and, being an only child, I'm very close to my mom and my dad.

I did use my own accent in a play once. It's a very freeing, liberating experience. Actors are often asked to adopt a different accent, and sometimes a different voice, so when that's taken away and you don't have to think about it, that's a lovely thing.

Everybody knows about Peter Jackson, 'The Hobbit' movies and 'The Lord of the Rings' films being made in New Zealand, and to actually have been part of it for such a long period, to live there and to have friends that I will have for life because of that experience, is an amazing thing.

I've had some pretty awful jobs that I don't miss, like working on a nightclub door, or compiling VIP lists at 3 A.M. in the morning, but sometimes it's just got to be done.

One funny thing is, though, I wear my watch on my right hand and I'm actually right-handed. People always wonder why - I don't know myself, I've just always done it that way and I like it the way a good watch fits on my right wrist.

I think the best directors rarely lose their temper.

I had a role in 'Crossroads' when I was about 21, and then I went on to perform in 'Small Change' and then 'Piaf' in the Donmar Warehouse, London, and it was when I was there that some casting directors spotted me.

I was often looked at as a leper by kids at school because I was a Jehovah's Witness. They didn't like it - you were 'weird'. And on Saturday mornings, you'd be knocking at their doors. I remember standing there with my mum and dad, thinking, 'Oh my God, I know whose door this is, and I'll have to see them on Monday.' It was terrible.

I always find cardio the most monotonous. Running on a treadmill shows me why hamsters are so crazy.

It's weird, the idea of someone else playing my dad, but weirdly nice.

You know that scene in 'Runaway Bride' when Julia Roberts puts on the amazing wedding dress and looks at herself in the mirror and goes, 'Swish, swish'? I loved that moment so much when I was a little girl.

I Googled myself, and I saw some nice things and some not-so-nice things. I've learned that that stuff isn't real, and it doesn't exist unless you look at it.

I love London, but I love traveling, and I don't think I'll be here forever. Possibly, I'd like to move to New York and do a play in New York.

I loved learning to fight and kill zombies.

It's weird when you get roles that coincide with your life.

I thought it'd be interesting to play an off-centre character who doesn't have to be pretty.

No one looks twice at me when they're around, and 'Cinderella' has made no difference. And I know that isn't going to change.

I remember meeting the princesses at Disney World and getting their autographs.

I feel like, sometimes, characters that are just good and nice can seem boring or uninteresting.

As an actor, you get a bit itchy to do something entirely different.

There are other things I want to focus on rather than staying in shape.

With corsets, it's interesting when you put them on, realizing that's what women actually wore. They're just so constricting.