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

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

I did well as an actor in Australia, and then Paramount invited me over... to have a look at me.

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

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.

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.

But I did a lot of boxing and I was captain of an Australian surf club.