It's very hard to become an actor in film and television, you have to have such perseverance and you have to really believe that if you have any sort of talent at all, you will find work one day.

We are always just trying to be strong and yet in touch with our bodies and the only way you can really do that is to believe in yourself because that’s all that you have.

In film and television you have to be able to see the whole picture in a different way than you do on the stage because you shoot out of order and you're working with technology.

But on stage you're able to just take the character from one point to the end and it's a fluid, organic piece. It's about being completely present all the time, right there in the moment.

I wouldn't say that I'm overly religious, but I have a pretty good relationship with my spiritual being.

I fell in love with Africa while I was there.

When you think about going back to the States you start to become more aware of the violence there and how we pollute the Earth more than the New Zealanders.