The comforting thing for Australian actors is that there's a strong community in L.A. as well - it's almost like you swap one home for another. I didn't feel any pressure.

I don't have a story about an epiphany in which I suddenly realised I wanted to be an actor. It was much more a case of the idea dawning on me gradually.

I guess the bigger you dream, the further you have to fall if you don't get it, so it can be a bit of a scary thing to be that ambitious.

Every time I see a good play or watch a good movie, I have the same feeling I had as a child of wanting to be that person on stage or wanting to run through the forest with a big dress on.

I definitely try my best not to stay in character when I'm not on set, which can be more difficult in some roles than others.

Kissing in films, it's just another thing you have to do. It kind of becomes as technical as how to open a door, really.

Charlestoning is hard. People were fit in the '20s to be able to do that. I guess they didn't sit in front of their computers all day.

Invest in yourself, because you will only ever achieve the level of success that matches your level of wisdom.

It's too good, she is. She wants to find the good in others, and sometimes her way of finding that is to trust them, hoping she'll not be disappointed but she sometimes is.

Management works in the system

Liberty of conscience (when people have consciences) is rightly considered the most indispensable of liberties.

I'm getting used to the singing part but not the talking part.

I can't listen to my own voice, I don't like it. You see all your mistakes when you hear your voice. You see all your imperfections.

Do you know how short you have to be to have a Napoleon complex in North Korea?

Holy is the Bible word for all that makes God different from us, in particular his awesome power and purity.

I knew South Africa was going to change; you can't keep people down forever. It's unnatural. Somehow something had to crack, and it did.

In every case do the opposite to whatever technology does today. Then you will always be on the right track.