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.

I like playing the villain.

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.

My trumpeting sounds like a goose farting in the fog.

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

The mecca of filmmaking in the world just so happens to be in America. It's quite simply a case of us just going where the work is.

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.