Ellen Page: 'I love goat manure'

Ellen Page has revealed that she finds digging up goat manure therapeutic.

The Juno star, who took a break from the limelight after shooting to fame in the teen pregnancy film, said that living in an eco-village as part of her permaculture studies helped her keep her feet firmly on the ground.

Page told USA Today: "It was amazing and exactly what I needed. You're learning how to live in a holistic way with the cycles of the Earth. At one point I was digging goat manure and putting it into a wheelbarrow, and while shovelling it, I just went, 'Oh, my God, this is exactly what I want to be doing right now.'"

The 22-year-old actress said that fame will never change her, explaining: "I'm not a fancy person. I don't buy things, aside from music and books. I don't get loads of attention and maybe it's because I'm kind of boring. I don't go out much, not because I'm hiding but because I'm not a big drinker."

Page added that she stops herself from being moody because she does not want people to think she is spoilt, saying: "I woke up the other day and I was noticing that I was cranky. That's ridiculous. The only times I get conflicted with my job is that I feel so lucky."