Christmas for me is all about spending time with my family. I cherish any chance we have to spend all day together making gingerbread houses, baking cookies, or sitting around and watching movies.

The smell of pine needles, spruce and the smell of a Christmas tree - those to me, are the scents of the holidays.

I tend to like to make my statements more in fashion than in beauty, because what I normally respond to is when someone looks really effortless and deconstructed, beauty-wise, and they're fashion is really grand. Someone like Kate Moss is a great example.

I always appreciated the magnitude of my mother's imagination. She always saw beauty in what was broken, and she'd preserve it.

If people could walk around in suits of energy, that would be cool. Other than that, I don't think men should wear spandex.

So, it's cool that, yes, Hal Jordan is a superhero, but my character is a real-world hero in her own life.

Ngila Dixon is such an incredible costume designer. She's such a cool, stylish woman. She has such an understanding of character.

Wanting to be an actor and wanting to be famous are different.

I've been so lucky to work with such great people: people that are such hard workers and have such a respect and appreciation for one another.

I love to have my hair down; I love to have my hair full... there's something romantic about it.

I need good friends who can say, 'I love you to death, but you look terrible in that, and you need to change right now.'

The Green Lantern is a unique superhero because it's not that he's super that is his focus; it's that he's a man. He's very human. That's his greatest strength and his greatest weakness.

I love to photograph the gorgeous landscapes when I travel.

I take a cooking class everywhere I travel. I find it's the best way to get to know a culture.

My mom is a huge woman of worth for me because she's been my idol my whole life. My mom was someone who juggled everything. She had her own career, she raised five kids, she was Superwoman... and she was never satisfied doing just one thing because... she probably just had too much energy.

My mom modeled and made clothes, so I always had such an appreciation for design.

My mom would have different fragrances for different times of the year. They were a part of her identity. I don't remember the specific ones she used, but I remember the bottles.

My mom taught me this really great beauty tip. She used to put oil or mayonnaise on the bottom half of her hair before she would shower.

My mom and dad always taught acting, so instead of getting me babysitters, they would just bring me to class.

When I see old movies with women in floor-length dressing gowns, or when they're going to the store and they've got a pillbox hat with a net over the eyes and white gloves, I'm offended that I can't go to the store like that.

I really don't like the gym. I like experiences, so I take any chance I get to go on a bicycle or on a hike.

There are looks that I see on other people that I think would look horrible on me, but I think if somebody has the courage to be really daring and try something outlandish, then more power to them. That's just encouraging and inspiring.

Since my kitchen is the most important part of my home, I want to be creative and innovative, not only in its aesthetic, but also in the tools that I'm using to cook.

I love being at home and cooking and baking.

My mother had very humble beginnings - to put it mildly. Her dad built their home out of timber that he cut down on their land. No heat, no air-conditioning - 'no foolishness,' as he would call it.

Design, whether it's on your body or in your home, is the same thing. It's mixing different colors, different textures, and unexpected patterns - elements that you wouldn't often put together in an interesting way.