People think that I'm some kind of genius who's got these statements to say, and I'm not really.

In Australia, I'm built up as this comedy hero, which was never my intention.

You feel the pressure of going to university because you need a back-up plan, which is why I enrolled.

People think that I'm some kind of genius who's got these statements to say, and I'm not really.

I was terrible student. I was capable, but I never like being told what to do, so I was always in the bottom class at school. In Australia, a lot of students study to the end of year 10, but don't go on to the final year, and I was asked to leave the school because they just thought I wasn't performing well enough. I used to sneak off to play piano, and defy the rules of the school.

I'm not really a management-type person. It doesn't suit my personality to be bossing people around.

You can't get any better than TV on HBO, ABC and BBC3.