To become a painter or a sculptor or a graphic designer is quite an isolated way to spend your life.

See the opportunity in the misstep.

There's an expression in Australia that's called 'Go Bush,' which means to get out of the city and relax. I try and 'go bush' to places where there's no cell reception. But, I don't get to do that often, so for the most part, it's just a state of mind.

The more you do it, the more you learn to concentrate, as a child does, incredibly intensively and then you sort of have to relax. I remember the first film I did, the lead actor would in between scenes be reading a newspaper or sleeping and I'd think, 'How can you do that?'

Yaron has elevated the way Australia perceives circus, both nationally and internationally ... I mean remarkable.

Someone might have a germ of talent, but 90 percent of it is discipline and how you practice it, what you do with it. ... Instinct won't carry you through the entire journey. It's what you do in the moments between inspiration.

I think when something is apolitical and it gets politicised, then it's incredibly disappointing.