Art doesn't feed me or fill the void when I am not working. If I haven't worked for six months, I can't paint.

Dore Schary was then head of the studio and he wanted to change my name.

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

I am proud to be an actor.

I am a poor student sitting at the feet of giants, yearning for their wisdom and begging for lessons that might one day make me a complete artist, so that if all goes well, I may one day sit beside them.

The fact that I'm going to be unsuccessful at times is pretty well-balanced by the fact that I'm going to be successful at others.

I'd much rather turn down a starring role in a bad picture and do a small role in a very good picture.