I find science really sexy and, at the time that I was a school kid, it certainly wasn't.

It might be different for people that are A-list actors, but a lot of us really look at what's offered to us and look for something that has some traction with other people. But, it's not like I read 100 scripts a week, and then pick and choose. Maybe some actors do. I certainly don't do that.

It was wonderful to be able to play a character who had so many colors and who was able to play comedy, to play incredibly vulnerable, which he did a lot of the time, to play the love story, and to play the relationship with the son, which is quite unusual. That's a gift to me, as an actor.

A lot of the times, roles are chosen for us.

We shouldn't be put out to pasture just because we've reached somebody's idea of retirement, which was certainly happening in Australia, and I think elsewhere as well.

Human beings, we have dark sides; we have dark issues in our lives. To progress anywhere in life, you have to face your demons.

As actors, you don't actually need to know the future of the character. You just need to know the backgrounds.