I was so dorky up until I was about 14 or 15 and started to get a little bit cooler, but I was a socks and sandals girl. I would wear big frilly socks with sandals and all the kids would tease me.

I came from rather humble beginnings.

I think Aussies try to stay humble.

I'm a workaholic, I always try to fill my time with projects.

I haven't met everyone from all different cultures, but I do know Aussies are very tough.

As actors we give so much of ourselves away so I like to keep my personal life to myself.

I had the best of both worlds when I was a kid. I'd spend a quiet week with my mum, then I'd go to my dad's property in the Adelaide Hills, where there were all these kids and animals running around.

I feel like if I ever got into some sort of rumble on the street, I will actually be able to defend myself.

I know my parents are really proud of me, and they think I've become successful, so that's nice, but there's still so much I want to achieve in my life.

I'd always dreamt of acting but, in Adelaide, we don't have exposure to the opportunities that make stardom a possibility.

I think that Americans find the Australian humour and the energy of Australians very refreshing - we are quite self-deprecating, we're light-hearted and can have a laugh.

Americans are like a rich father who wishes he knew how to give his son the hardships that made him rich.

Quantum field theory arose out of our need to describe the ephemeral nature of life.

Remember that transformation is a present activity.

I don't think anywhere is there a symbiotic relationship between caddie and player like there is in golf.

I never believed marriage was a lasting institution . . . I thought that to be married for five years was to be married forever.

The more goals you set, the more goals you get.

It's pretty tough on your loved ones to try to get back into a rhythm, especially when all you want to do is do nothing.

Planning involves considering how other people may use something.

If I liked an idea, even slightly, I would throw some money at it. I've had a lot of random things not work out that people don't know about.

A family without prayer is like a house without a roof, open and exposed to all the storms of heaven.