We live our lives by the water and if you don't know how to swim in Australia, it's like not knowing how to cross a road. It's an incredible survival thing that you really must learn when you're a child.

When I was a kid, I would do stupid things on my bike. I'd jump any ramp, I'd jump over people, I'd jump over things - always crashing, never hurting myself badly but always wanting to take physical risks.

It's always bitterly disappointing to people to see how normally one can live.

I tend not to read the size of the production into a script when I'm reading it. It's just something you respond to or not and I do think it's very dangerous to say it's time now to do this or it's time now to do that.

I'm not into bikinis or other revealing clothing.

Without a doubt, rowing is the hardest thing you can attempt to learn in a short period of time.

I think the beauty of working with young people is they remind you of the spirit of acting and it's just a big play.