One of the things you learn at drama school is not to play the result, but just to play the moment.

Sexism is alive and well! We were saying this forty years ago. I'm an optimist, so I like to think we've progressed in some ways - in Australia, we get equal pay.

I don't play many characters like myself. Oh I don't know what I am!

The eyes are the windows of your soul, and when you're acting, they're one of your most important instruments. Especially for close-ups!

Even in Australia I'd say 80 percent of our television was American. I grew up watching Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Twilight Zone. I used to sit with my mum when I was just nine years old, trying to guess what the twist would be. I love that kind of thing.

We're becoming so much better at destigmatizing all sorts of things, including mental illness in 'Silver Linings'.

It's a very generous culture, American culture. I know you can't generalize 300 million people, but everyone I've met here has been so lovely to me.