I often don't like seeing how different things are made. I'm not a big fan of behind the scenes stuff.

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

The moment I do any puppy dog acting, I think the joke is dead. It's in the truth of how I play it, and the real painful honesty that I approach my performance with.

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.

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

I'm fascinated in the children within adults.

The acting is more of a secondary thing for me now. I will be in it, if I'm the best man for the job, but it really is about creating characters and shows.