You always draw inspiration from your family or your parents if they've proven to be inspirational. My mother is someone who's always been inspirational to me.

I'm passionate about being an actor, but I'm definitely not passionate about being a sex symbol.

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.

I think the most challenging aspect was keeping up the degree of physical fitness you need while filming a major leading role in a primetime U.S. series. You have very little time to sleep and eat, let alone train.

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.

I think I was about 18 before I decided I wanted to pursue acting. I went to drama school in Western Australia when I was 19.

New Zealand is a pretty no-nonsense place to work, like Australia. I mean it doesn't falter to anyone.