I mainly get my inspiration for writing from everyday situations and I come up with hypothetical scenarios and I can usually write a lot about that.

I was born in London. I moved to New Zealand when I was really young; I can't remember London. My parents went and did what was supposed to be a one-year O.E. (overseas experience) that turned into a 9 year O.E. and they had two kids.

You don't make a film and then be like I am only going to play it in my house and no-one is going to see it - that is ridiculous.

When I come up with something that I feel like people will connect with that makes me happy because I know that it would be something that would just go beyond me.

I love to act, so the only way I could act was through community theatre and they would just do musicals. My musical upbringing was show-tunes and it sucks and I have been trying to get away from it ever since.

It is one of those things that is universally connectable, people can connect to it from everywhere; music is like that universal language.

I have three brothers. Poor Mum; four boys.