I've actually got turned down for a lot of roles because I'm not bubbly enough. People have told me to be more 'up', but I can't, really. I find it hard to be smiley and giggly all the time.

My family are very supportive and always have been. They weren't the kind of parents that pushed me into it. I know a lot of parents of kid actors I've worked with have pressured them into acting, but my parents are different. I'm really lucky to have them because they let me make my own decisions.

I'm a very private person. I find it very daunting to have to give private parts of myself away to people, you know?

Being from Australia, I've never even touched a gun. It's so not a part of our culture.

My job is to portray real human beings and real human experiences, and if I haven't had a real human experience myself outside of the film industry, how am I going to be able to do that?

After Hollywood, you know if people are interested in you or in the fact that you've been in a movie. You know who your real friends are.

For me, I see filmmaking as art.