My friends in Australia, they grew up with me acting, so they're used to it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Some of my oldest friends are actors. But that's not the only place my friends come from.
Most of my good friends are my friends from high school or childhood, and they're not actors - they have 9-to-5 jobs. But I've obviously, over time, developed friendships with actors. It's two completely different worlds.
I do notice that when I come in to meet casting people, they love that I'm Australian. Maybe it's our good work ethic.
Coming from theater, and having been to acting school, and done little, small Australian independent movies, a lot of the time, it's always about character.
Since I graduated college, all I have ever done for a living was acting.
Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.
I consider myself a 'local' actor in France. I started out in France, I went to drama school in France and the French film community was very welcoming to me when I was a young actress.
I was one of the only ones there interested in acting. You find when you're doing school plays that a lot of people there were on punishment, or something.
A lot of my mates are actors and it's lovely to be able to work with friends.
I live in L.A. and I do have wonderful friends; I moved there when I was 19 so I developed a close knit group of friends, none of whom are actors, none of which are Australian, but I couldn't do it long term.