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I'd prefer to go under the radar and just do the acting without being famous for it.

The Australian film industry is a small industry, so you have to really be flexible within working in different mediums. A lot of actors work in theater, film, and television, because there's not much opportunity in terms of employment there.

If you're a young actor, unless you're on a very short list at the studios, we have to be very creative about moving your career along. Otherwise, all we can do is hope to get lucky and find that perfect role that pops you into stardom.

Acting isn't a sure thing. We're not set to have jobs for the rest of lives, and fame is really fickle.

Hollywood is the place to be for actors - and there's just a big rush when an Australian comes over just because there's less of them. I guess that's just how it is. Like if you pick a pink jellybean out of a jar of green ones it'd be amazing, but if you pick a green one, no one will care.

In Australia, getting an audition can be a rarity. There just aren't as many opportunities.

I did think that acting would be much more like being a pop star. Now I'm here, I can't think of anything more different.

I grew up in suburban Brisbane, so to say you wanted to be an actor was a ridiculous concept.

This city can be kind of brutal, so you see your dreams from every different angle, but ultimately it's about acting and if you enjoy acting, you will always enjoy acting.

Be very clear as to what your dream is. Nowadays it is fairly certain that 90 percent of all actors really just want to be rich and famous as the solution to all that ails.