I like playing the villain.

Mum’s a musician. She plays piano and has a beautiful voice, so she understands the creative need. Mum lights up when she sees me. Her cheeks go pink – she’s all over me, pulling my hair, pinching my cheeks.

I am a big fan of vampires. I've always been obsessed with the genre, and the beautiful romanticism and erotic kind of nature of the immortal being, the undead who lives on human blood.

I'm the son of an everyman. My father is a teacher. He teaches physics at a boys' school in Sydney.

I do not think I'm a great talent. I think I'm a medium talent, but I think I understand the business and enjoy the business.

I was sort of trained in drama. I went to theater school. I started on the stage. Comedy is absolutely an essential part of what we do as actors. But I think in the grand scheme of things, comedy was born from tragedy. First there was tragedy and then there were the comedies.

Losing my anonymity in this world I think is something that I find terrifying.