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 always found it really funny when actors would come offstage, smoking cigarettes and swearing at each other.

I want to do different projects and be versatile. I don't want to get fixed into narrative comedy.

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

The last few years I've had to force myself to go out and be more involved the world because I can get a bit more cerebral and escape into characters and the world of characters. But now I guess I escape into stories about 'Wilfred.

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.

I'm fascinated in the children within adults.