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

Graphic novel genre become really quite popular. It's really a big screen film genre that they have successfully moved into the small screen.

I think I made some mistakes, in different areas, but it's great to be working in a show again now, many years down the track. I have worked in many other different shows in Australia and I've been able to learn from my mistakes. I'm lucky that I made those mistakes early on in Australia, and I definitely won't make them again in the States, but you've got to learn that stuff.

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.

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

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.

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