When you're a kid, you don't want to be teased.

I like to take things one step at a time, because the entertainment industry is very uncertain.

The good thing about being shy though as a child is that you become very observant because you're not really actively participating. You're sitting back watching everyone. I think that's really helped me as an actress because I'm good at observing people and then copying them for comic effect.

I think I appear very innocent and soft, but I'm actually very dark and edgy. It's a weird dichotomy.

I think girls who looked like me or were from the poorer area where I'm from in Australia, like you don't think "Oh, I'm going to be a movie star." You just didn't think that would happen to girls like me where I'm from.

I do acting for the awards... and cash money.

Work hard to achieve integrity in your work and your relationships with the people you work with.