It's always difficult when you want to do something really new, and you also want it to reach the masses, because the majority of people want to see what they've already seen before, or that they're already familiar with. To open the majority of peoples' minds to something new is difficult.

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've always been fairly confident in my acting.

It's great to write for actors when you know who they are. I think I prefer it.

I had a good theater career for years. I played Hamlet when I was 22, and I've played some really great roles.

Sometimes girls would come in and audition and they'd talk down, and it was like, "No, no, talk to the human eye level."