Really I just want to get on with my job, which is to pretend to be lots of different people. Simple as that.

Find out who you are and try not to be afraid of it.

But there's a difference between privacy and secrecy, and I'm not a secretive person.

Never, ever wear three-quarter length trousers. Even in the summer.

I've played all these extreme guys, but playing an everyman type has its own challenges.

If one story becomes too hot, then you can't forget it. As an actor, you want to remain fluid.

I want to keep everything balanced. That's why it's important not to have too much fanfare.

I find any sort of acting that doesn't have any humor in it is mind-numbingly boring. 'Serious acting' is the kind of acting that I don't ever respond to.

Audiences like to be challenged and to be actively involved and try to guess an outcome.

The goal is always just trying to stretch yourself as an actor.

I'm not a big guy for research. You've got to take a risk.

If you violate laws of God, you're a sinner.If you violate laws of men, you're a criminal.If you violate your own laws, you're pathetic.

I’ve learned through the years that it’s not where you live, it’s the people who surround you that make you feel at home.

In primary school, I was bored witless by Australian history.

The flu-casters would draw out the maps and keep people engaged at regular intervals ... beaming it from the WHO bunker.

The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it.

I've always been an encourager at heart.

When I was on that boat, I realized the only way I would feel creatively challenged was if I totally changed everything about my environment and put myself in a storm, in a sense.

I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which means I had a lot of formal training in reading.

The second was some rather bad poetry, but it was short, and I forced my way through by gritting my teeth and occasionally closing one eye so as not to damage the entirety of my brain.