British comedy - which has been a big inspiration to me for many years - is very different to Australian comedy and different again to American comedy.

So many young pets burn out in Hollywood, it's crazy.

There are no real guidelines or maps in Australia as to how to write a show, whereas in Hollywood it's where the TV industry is created and there's a lot of work that goes into development.

You can maybe be artistic and really original and creative, but as long as it's got that funniness at the root of it, then certain people are going to love it just because they need a laugh.

I'm much more a writer than an actor. Although I have a great respect for that and I enjoy acting still, it really is about the world that I'm creating. That's where my future is.

Eventually, I want to be a creative producer that isn't in things. The acting is more of a secondary thing for me now.

I really think that you can extract a lot of comedy out of really dramatic, intense situations.