"We wanted that to be a part of her character,so I think our Nancy is much darker.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

"I have never felt so much responsibility with a character as I have with The Lovely Bones,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.08

"I think sticking to the emotional character arc was the most important thing, yet we had so much story to tell and it was great story."

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

(MOIVE SOUND) Mixed in are harrowing memories shared by a generation of World War II veterans, like DiCaprio's character, as well as the Cold War tensions affecting so many lives in the 1950s.

VOA: standard.2010.02.27

She says it's no easy feat. "You have to kind of deliver so much of the story through your own written texts so it's difficult in that way because you have to get a character and a point across in 140 characters or less."

VOA: standard.2010.05.07