Acting has always been my passion. It's always been my love, and I've always done it, since I was a kid.

I'm a bit of a thrill-seeker. I used to race mountain bikes when I was a kid. I did the national circuit for two years.

Coming from Australia and playing rugby, you just think that soccer is a bit soft, but I'll tell you what, it's not. It's rough as guts.

I grew up spear-fishing, so I've always had a breath hold.

Every audition, I still get nervous. I still get sweaty palms. I don't think that ever goes away. You just get accustomed to it.

You're dealing immense, acute amounts of fear, which makes the rest of life a little bit easier. You don't sweat the small stuff so much.

Free-diving is all about dealing with anxiety. I've blacked out a few times. I've had big black-outs.

I think actors should stay grounded and humble and open.

One of the gifts of being an actor is that you get to learn new things see the world through different eyes.

Free-diving is all about being lean, being super-flexible, and having a good breath hold.

My strength is my distance. I can swim two-and-a-half soccer fields on one breath.

Complains are like the clouds that produce no rain no matter how thick they gather. Never depend on your complaint thinking they are stair cases. Drop that thing.

I was told that my going to college wouldn't be good for my career. I think that's nonsense. It's good to empower yourself by cutting yourself off from this business every once in a while.

In the philosophical dialect, a cynic takes an insult as a compliment since opposition is already his style.

Our job, as writers is to do our jobs.

Perhaps women have always been in closer contact with reality than men: it would seem to be the just recompense for being deprived of idealism.

Class structures are a luxury that we cannot afford.

General abstract truth is the most precious of all blessings; without it, man is blind; it is the eye of reason.

Persons who have been homeless carry within them a certain philosophy of life which makes them apprehensive about ownership.

In order to succeed in it (prayer), it should be done when we first awaken, when our whole being is calm and recollected. We need to make our meditation before anything else.

If there are too many competitors, even if you're the best it's a lot harder to win.