When I said I no longer wanted to be a painter, that I wanted to be an actor, the first thing I did was get a stinking job in an insurance building.

I married at a tender age during my early stage and radio struggles.

I'm not doing my work for constant success.

To a large degree, those early lean days were self-imposed.

In the beginning I had a real work problem. Every time I had job I had to convince the immigration authorities I was the only man for that job and get a special work permit until I went under contract to MGM.

So I went and did an audition and became the biggest radio actor in Sydney, and that's how it all started.

To put what you see on paper is the same as funneling what you feel through yourself as a performer.