Quotes

"Sometimes I'm stressed and I'm sick of things and I need to forget about them for a while, so in Harry Potter you're taken to this wonderful imaginary world where everything is so different."
- CBBC Newsround

[On attending the Luna Lovegood auditions] "I knew if I didn't I probably would regret it for the rest of my life."
- CBBC Newsround

[On receiving the role of Luna] "I was completely shocked, I thought it was some awful joke or they were testing me or something but I still got so excited."
- CBBC Newsround

"I promise to work hard to do a good Luna!"
- CBBC Newsround

[About the audition] "It wasn't like a Maths test where I have to strain to get it right. I feel very close to Luna so acting her was just natural. And if I had got too nervous I'd have done terribly."
- CBBC Newsround

"I've been a Harry Potter fan for years and years."
- CBBC Newsround

"I feel very close to Luna so acting her was just natural."
- Drogheda Independent

"One week I was in school and the next Im at Leavesden Studios in Dumbledores office reading scenes with Daniel Radcliffe. Weird. And terrifying for such a huge Harry Potter fan."
- Drogheda Independent

"I promise all Luna fans that I will stay completely true to her because she deserves no less."
- Drogheda Independent

"To the fans who are disappointed in the choice for Luna having seen the photo of me in the papers I would like to say is that this was my first photo shoot and I felt a bit awkward. And you have to remember that this is not how Luna will look in the film at all. So I ask you to please wait and reserve judgement until after you've seen the film."
- Drogheda Independent

[On receiving the role of Luna] "I had to keep it quiet for days and pretend everything was normal which was hard considering my dream had just come true. When I went home that day I had to study for my French test as if everything was normal."
- Drogheda Independent

"My friends are great. They're happy for me and they were all so excited. It was a shock to be on the news."
- Drogheda Independent

"I also love Luna's clothes. And, working with all the famous actors who I adore, and getting all the behind the scenes secrets."
- Drogheda Independent

"Most people have their masks that they wear for other people so that they'll fit in and be 'cool' but she [Luna] doesn't and that is what 'cool' is. She is also completely independent. She has no friends and while she would like them, she doesn't brood on it because she can support herself. Most people would be unhappy without their friends. They need them for support and feel insecure without them but because Luna is so comfortable with herself, this doesn't bother her. She is the perfect role model."
- Drogheda Independent

"Sometimes, the other characters are too normal and then you start to be brought back to reality but then Luna shows up and she is just so funny and cool and honest and slightly mad and she's all that matters. She is 100% true. She puts on no shows, because she is so comfortable with herself."
- Drogheda Independent

[On being asked about filming alongside Daniel Radcliffe] "Yes. Wouldn't you be? He's a brilliant Harry. I'm excited about filming alongside all of them. They're all amazing. And this is the closest I'm going to get to going to Hogwarts (because unexpectedly, I never received my letter to Hogwarts) and they all bring the characters of the books to life so I know I'll enjoy it all."
- Drogheda Independent

"Why did you just say girls though? Boys can follow their dreams too."
- Drogheda Independent

"We had to step forward and say our name and where we were from and then two ladies would pick one or two out of each line. After that we were told to go into another room and read over a script and try and learn it. And then, one by one we went into another room (alone) and had to read the script with another lady and a man with a camera. They kept asking me to read it again and I was just hoping that was a good sign."

"I loved her [Luna] all of a sudden and I always wanted to be in the films but I didn't know who I wanted to be and then when she came in I wanted to be her."
- CBBC Newsround

[On the auditions]"It was mad it was, all the people, and it was really fun though because everyone was really excited."
- CBBC Newsround

"I just really enjoy the filming part and everyone's really, really nice. And you don't get nervous when you are talking to everyone."
- CBBC Newsround

"People like her [Luna] because she's like a breath of fresh air. Because in the fifth book it gets so dark and Harry's always cross and then every time Luna comes in all the tension goes and she makes you laugh because she's so funny and really honest."
- CBBC Newsround

"I don't know how much I'm like her, there are some similarities but I'm more determined than her."
- CBBC Newsround

"Well just meeting JK Rowling was amazing because she created all this world. And all the fans, we all get so obsessed with it and then you met the one person who made it all up. It was just so amazing."
- CBBC Newsround

"I'm a huge fan. So it's not just like I wanted to be in a film. I wanted this part. I love the books - they make me feel happy."
- CBBC Newsround