I think that you can make a drama and have it be intensely funny, and vice versa.

I like drama as well. When I played Hamlet, I got one review that said, "This must surely be the funniest Hamlet in history," but schoolgirls would still cry when he died.

Back in Australia, I did foster care for sick cats for years, and I was always most successful with the animals when I was given two - a brother and sister.

I've always been fairly confident in my acting.

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.

I think that you can make a drama and have it be intensely funny, and vice versa.

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.