At school there was no acting to be had other than school plays which I did now and again.

Starting with a party scene for 600 cast and end up singing on top of a giant elephant...does it get any better than this?

It is always a nice feeling when you are challenged by a scene and you walk out of trailer and you go on set going I don't know. And then half an hour later you're walking back.

When you've got a date on your calendar saying that you will be putting this in front of people in four weeks, that will get your nerves good, yeah.

I'm a father of four girls and I know very much about the relationship between a father and his daughters.

Then I left school at 16 and worked in Perth Repertory Theatre, which was quite nearby where I lived. And I worked there for about six or seven months, as part of the stage crew.

It's important, that spirit of youth, and when you're 16 that can get you kickstarted.