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Red carpets are pretty unpredictable. You can go from one person asking you what you're wearing to the next person asking you about the situation in Haiti. It's the extreme juxtaposition, and some of the questions can throw me!

Red carpets seem so glamorous, but you're really just standing there sweating and worrying your hair is going to fall. And in the end, people are only going to see one picture of you. You just smile for one second and then you walk over to the side and check your phone. It's pretty weird.

There are lots of people who are red-carpet types, but that's not me.

It's weird doing red carpets; it's uncomfortable. But you can have a sense of humor about it.

I don't really resent being on the red carpet as much as I do having to deal with the paparazzi.

The red carpet is not something I really know how to work. It intimidates me. I feel very tiny.

It is easy to answer the ultimate questions - it saves you bothering with the immediate ones.

I think if you're forthright and answer a lot of questions, sometimes you'll get people who won't let you answer the questions, and that makes for a difficult answer.

I can be incredibly focused, and I can appear impatient. So I've learned to slow down, get to know people, and provide more context. There's nothing wrong with getting to the point pretty quickly, but it's also helpful to give people an opportunity to talk about their work.

I'm old enough to know that a red carpet's just a rug, and I've been able to enjoy the pageantry without letting it go to my head.