I Could Never Be Your Woman 
The Christmas Miracle 
Atonement 
Death Defying Acts 
City of Ember 
The Lovely Bones 
Quotes
• "It's a funny script and a funny movie," - On "The Lovely Bones"
• "By the time I got to 'Atonement,' I knew this is what I wanted to do. This was such a meaty role. There's no other character like her." - On acting
• "It wasn't one of those things where you hear about it and you jump up and down and scream. We just sat there [on the couch in their living room] and we're trying to figure out what they just said. 'Wait a minute, I've been cast in a Peter Jackson film.' For a few days, it was weird. I was just trying to get my head around it." - On how she reacted whe she found she had been cast as Susie Salmon in "The Lovely bones"
• "Be the person I'm playing. That's what acting is. You're pretending to be someone else." - On acting
• "Do I really sound like a Spice Girls fan?" - On talking about her favourite band
• "I like books that are exciting and that make you think about things as well. I like things that have a twist – like Atonement, which I haven’t read obviously, as I’m a bit young." - on talking about books
• "When I was younger I was thinking about school and playing with my friends and things like that." - On being an actress
• "They [American people] are just so interested in how to pronounce my name. I hope everyone here can pronounce my name!" - On her name's pronuciation
• "I’m not really… an LA lover" - On living in Hollywood
• "I was delighted with that actually. Very nice. It’s kind of cool having a fan site. If I want to find out about myself – because I don’t know half the stuff that all these people on the Internet know – I just say, “Right, what am I doing tomorrow?” and I’ll go onto my fan site. It is mad, though, how much they know, you know?" - On having fan sites
• "At the premiers and stuff I’ve done autographs. But, you know, outside of that" - On signing autographs
• "It’s not work, it is more of a passion. It is so much fun and it is really makes you feel great at the end of the day. You feel like you are really after doing something good and you are after accomplishing something. Acting is one of these things that I can’t really describe – it’s just like, why do you love your mum and dad? You know, you just do." - On acting
• "When you are away, you realise how much you miss your home." - On filmimg away from home
• "I went over and I met him, Sam Walsh and Phil Boynes and they are just the best people in the world. For three people who have accomplished so much they are just really down to earth and really lovely, normal people. The great thing about them is that they bring everyone from all their other films on their next project, so they are all like a big family and everything is really comfortable" - On Ptere Jackson and 'The Lovely Bones' set
• "I don’t know how they can do that because we are all playing different characters. But I think just being around them and seeing the way they were on set and they way they were with people… Kiera, James and Vanessa, everyone." - On n getting tips from other actors
• "It's unbelievable. Mom and I were in bed and dad was waiting up for the announcements again, because that's the way my daddy is. It's kind of a bit weird actually, in a good way, in a fantastic way. I never expected this in a million years to happen. I can't believe it. I'm really proud as well that two Irish paddies have been nominated for an Oscar for the same film. It's really great for Ireland, great” - On being nominated for an Oscar
• "Briony Tallis is such an amazing character and I'm so lucky to play her." - On playing Briony Tallis in "Atonement"
• "She sometimes gets confused with reality and fantasy and on this occasion especially she really does and she kinda ruins people's lives" - On her character in "Atonement"
• "He has a great way of getting the message across. LIke if im confused about doing a scene or a certain line or something, he explains it so well and so clearly. He's just fantastic." - On the director of "Atonement", Joe Wright
