Because I believe actually the more you do something, the less frightening it becomes because you start to realize the outcome is not as important as you think.

At the end of drama school, I made a contract with myself: I'd try acting for five years. I was 26. I had already spent eight years working in restaurants and gas stations. So I had seen enough small businesses to understand that that's what acting is: a small business.

My parents were drawn to the idea that there was space and opportunity in Australia. For the meagre sum of £10, you could sail your entire family out to Australia, so that's what my father chose to do.

If somebody in your industry is more successful than you, it's because he works harder than you.

To get down to the quick of it, respect motivates me - not success.

Nobody suddenly discovers anything. Thing are made slowly and in pain.

Giving people a hand up, not a handout, is the way forward.