Maybe they say they do but I don't think many actors really enjoy trying to do a Shakespearean play.

I'm the type of person who feels I have to prove myself first.

I find that actors who are wanting to pursue tv or films don't seem to have much interest in classical theatre.

Painting is a hobby for me.

I’ve been looking at oil paintings from oriental artists lately, and the one artist who’s inspired me right now is a man named Hokusai and I’ve had his book by my bed looking at how he interprets landscapes – mountains and water and flowers and birds.

I've grown so much as a person through playing Gabrielle, much less living in New Zealand and being with all of these people that I can't imagine my life being any different.

But it just comes down to trying to get the work out there and however the team fits together then that's the way it sort of plays into itself.