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

Anyway, when I was a kid, I dutifully went to the Sydney Technical and Fine Arts College.

I worked at Mark Foy's during the day and studied drama at night.

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

I am proud to be an actor.

I was one of the first of the uglies. Rock Hudson and Tab Hunter... were very pretty fellows, and that was the trend. I was one of the first of the uglies to get lucky.

Apart from being interested in a good role, I think it's necessary to make up your mind as to whether it will make a movie that will entertain an audience all over the world and not just in your own backyard.