I really wanted to work in the American industry because it's the leading industry. It's where film and television started.

Dogs are more of a responsibility than kids - you can send a kid off to their grandparents or a nanny, but with a dog you can't do that.

You can maybe be artistic and really original and creative, but as long as it's got that funniness at the root of it, then certain people are going to love it just because they need a laugh.

My dad was in the army so we moved around a lot and I changed schools every year and had to make new friends, and I found that if I was the funny guy I could do that easier.

To open the majority of peoples' minds to something new is difficult. I always think that, as long as it's funny underneath, then you can argue that a teaspoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.

There are no real guidelines or maps in Australia as to how to write a show, whereas in Hollywood it's where the TV industry is created and there's a lot of work that goes into development.

I often don't like seeing how different things are made. I'm not a big fan of behind the scenes stuff.

I'm sort lucky in that for me, I'm a writer now. I started as an actor but I'm a writer and so things like 'Wilfred' and shows like that are where I escape to.

It's great to write for actors when you know who they are. I think I prefer it.

British comedy - which has been a big inspiration to me for many years - is very different to Australian comedy and different again to American comedy.

Back in Australia, I did foster care for sick cats for years, and I was always most successful with the animals when I was given two - a brother and sister.

Around our enthusiasm, are the ways to surround our destinies.

Never grow weary of giving, Your small contribution can make someone else’s life worth living.

An unknown cause is not the same as divine intervention.

I didn't realize it until now, but I don't really know anything about them, or what kind of people they are, really. You can't see inside a person's heart.

When you feel you are incomplete you can always console yourself with the idea of being infinite.

Little thieves get shot, but great ones escape.” Kelly Oliver, WOLF: A Jessica James Mystery

It's the building of things that makes you happy. You have to enjoy the process whether you succeed or fail.

There are too many confusing things present. Things I know. Thoughts I have. Sarcasm. Things I think I ought to be doing and places I ought to be going. Always other places.

I don't care what you say, so don't even speak.

I think the part I enjoy most is reading the scripts and screening films because I'm a bookworm and a movie buff.