Acting, the arts in general, is a magnet for the wounded of society.

My first love is art, and I see a lot of things in an artistic way.

Vancouver's a very child friendly city, there's... no doubt about that.

Biologically, I'm lucky - an angular face and dark colouring which shows up well on camera.

A lot of my work is with children and there's a reason for that, because they really level you.

A lot of the characters I play have problems, they are marginalised, they have serious psychological problems, problems with relationships, with childhood. These are big subjects, big subjects. You can't balk at work like that. As an actor, that's as good as it gets.

My dad was rubbish at all other aspects of his financial life, but he's pretty good at paying the rent.