“We were a Western civilisation, an English speaking civilisation, both...” — Richard O'Brien Quote

We were a Western civilisation, an English speaking civilisation, both NZ and Australia, and we had all these influences coming from both Great Britain and America to us; sending us their culture in the shape and form of movies and television.

There is always an audience for different individuals, but critics sometimes stop the audience finding the show and the show finding the audience.

However, there's three reasons for doing things in this particular world. One is love, one is prestige and the other's money. If you get all three together, that's fine.

I've never wanted to play bank managers and real people particularly.

I was excited to come to Australia to shoot for Seafolly because I've been wanting to visit since I was young. There wasn't much time to explore because we were so busy, which happens often during shoots. We had to take a boat to the Whitsunday Islands every day to get to the locations, which was a great way to start the day.

I don't get that many scripts. Back in Australia, I've pretty much done my own shows and really no work outside of that. It's only now that I'm starting to read some Hollywood film scripts, and I've read some really great ones.

In 1958, we decided to go to Australia. We were there for six months, and all the shows went well.

Australia is on my to-do list - I have never been, and everyone says how wonderful it is.