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

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.

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

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.

Being the new guy's always great because you get to go in fresh with your own choices and you get to bring new life and breath and a new energy into something that's already established.

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.

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.