When I was younger, I was actually looking forward to getting older, to have more insight, more understanding.

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

I'm not interested in playing characters who see the world through my prism. I think the journey of understanding any character is to see how they tick and how they differ from you.

There's not a long, entrenched tradition of theatergoing in Australia.

The one thing that all great cities have in common is that they are all different

I remember when I was 26. My father died when I was young and my mother didn't have a lot of money, so I thought, 'I want to own a flat by the time I'm 26.' So I worked towards that, literally trying to scrimp and save. But sometimes those plans don't go as you expect.

His [Gough Whitlam's] effect on the geo-cultural-political map of Australia is so vast that wherever you stick the pin in you get a wealth of Gough's legacy.