Acting doesn't suffice.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.