The Hobbit' didn't include female characters at all and was a very linear story, a book for children, really.

One of the things that I miss about Canada is that even the strangers, you have an immediate rapport, there's just an understanding that we're all good people, let's be nice to each other. And Kiwis have that. I find the Kiwis have that.

I don't want to just model. Anyone can do that. I've let myself be in magazines in the past without participating as much as I should have.

A creative project is a moving target. You never end up where you start.

On Capitol Hill and in state houses across the country, anti-women's health politicians continue to make it clear that they will stop at nothing to end access to a safe, legal abortion.

Not only does disability impact individual health and well-being, it also leads to social and economic exclusion.

Even families with health insurance are quite vulnerable to a severe economic reversal if someone gets sick.

I was a sickly child, and it wasn't until I was 19 that I realised I was quite a robust, vigorous person. Since then I've taken ill health to be an irritating interruption into what is a fairly reliable stream of good health.