Soaps are a great springboard for any actor but if you want to be taken seriously, you have to be careful.

When I was ten, I saw 'Grease' on stage and thought: 'I want to be part of that; it looks like so much fun.' My mum enrolled me in a local theatre group, and it all went from there.

For me, once I've worked on something and it's finished, it's like an ex-boyfriend: you don't go back to them.

The whole dream of having your own place is great, but the reality is having to cook and clean yourself and do the washing and make sure there's milk in the fridge. But you have to grow up some time.

If I wear make-up, then people recognise me, but the rest of the time, no one really bothers.

I love doing action; I love doing martial arts. There's almost something balletic about it.

There's such a huge world out there; I haven't even begun to scratch the surface.