Ellen Page Liked Shoveling Manure

Ellen Page loves shoveling goat manure.

The 22-year-old actress took time away from the spotlight after appearing in 2007 movie Juno to deal with her newfound fame, and found completing manual tasks helped her relax.

“I went to Oregon to study permaculture and lived in an eco-village for a month outside Eugene. It’s called Lost Valley. It was amazing and exactly what I needed,” she said.

“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 shoveling it, I just went, ‘Oh, my God, this is exactly what I want to be doing right now.’”

Ellen is determined not to change now she is famous, adding her life is so normal she hopes people won’t be interested in hearing about it.

“I’m not a fancy person,” she said. “I love small spaces. I like tiny cars. 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 think I’m boring, but I have different interests. I don’t go out much, not because I’m hiding but because I’m not a big drinker. I go out and have a good time, I go to concerts and stuff.”

The Whip It star added she gives herself a stern talking to if she is ever moody because she does not want to appear spoilt.

I woke up the other day and I was noticing that I was cranky,” she said. “That’s ridiculous. The only times I get conflicted with my job is that I feel so lucky.”