I would love to direct a feature and have Robert Connolly produce it. That would be really fab.

Id love to work with the people who really got the film industry going again through the 70s: Peter Weir, Bruce Beresford, Gillian Armstrong, Fred Schepisi.

In all honesty, if somebody asked me the secret of auditioning for Americans, I don't know. Often, I do what's called self-taping for America. I go over there quite a lot to sit in a room and do stuff in front of people. You feel like a performing monkey. It's bizarre.

I think actors do make really, really wonderful directors.

Listening and hearing are two different things, and acting is comprehending what the person is saying, thinking how it makes you feel and responding. That's the key to really honest, truthful, compelling performance.

Well you just have to own it, I suppose. Own the character, which is difficult.

I have a sort of long-term plan to direct. I'm pragmatic about it. I realize I don't need to rush it or force it.