Having a director who is also an actor makes for that very relaxed way of working and it's empowering.

Being a father is certainly a task. But the best one that I could ever ask for. Being home, being with the family, that's what it's about...

Growing up, my parents were my heroes, in the way they conducted their lives.

Strong female leads are important.

At home in Victoria, we have three dogs, Tosh and Lucy, they're half Blue Heelers, and then there's Torrin a little Maltese terrier. She gets more attention in the house than anyone else! Yes, I miss them a lot.

My dad works in child protection and he's spent many, many years in that line of work.

You have a visceral, physical response to being in [the real] places, and the sights and sounds and the smells just bring something else out in you. You're not having to fake that or imagine that. It's there. It becomes as much an act of something you bounce off as the other people you're working with.