Often too many expectations are put on by society as to what we're supposed to look like and it's fed to people at an age that's too young.

Often too many expectations are put on by society as to what we're supposed to look like and it's fed to people at an age that's too young.

I had wanted to be a fish farmer, to be honest with you. I wanted to be an agriculturist. I wanted to have my own fish farm. I was also contemplating surfboard building.

McLeod's Daughters was my first regular job out of drama school, and my first full-time role. That was great because I learned a lot, in terms of working in front of the camera. I learned a lot of technical aspects that you take for granted once you know them, but you have to learn them somewhere, along the way. It was a bit of a training ground for me, working in front of the camera and also dealing with media.

I think there's always pieces of yourself that bleed into your character. That's inevitable.

Doing all the rig work and the stunt work has actually been wonderful. It's a whole new skill set that I've learned that I'll get to take onto my next jobs. We get to do that all the time, the fighting and the learning new moves. It's quite exciting.

There's always a project around, but you have to pick and choose.