I toned down my accent at school; otherwise, people would pick on me.

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.

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

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

When you fight on set, you try to not hurt anybody.

I like to hang out with my friends, go to the theatre, watch DVDs, read, play with my niece.

I was bullied. I was a bit of a geek. Good-looking guys were off-limits. I didn't start dating until I was 18.