“Phryne Fisher could walk down the red carpet; Essie Davis is something...” — Essie Davis Quote

“Phryne Fisher could walk down the red carpet; Essie Davis is something else.”

“'The Slap' is not like anything else. It's an incredibly well-written novel that has been turned into a great and intriguing series that reveals both less and more about each character than you learn in the book. It's a novel that has been given a second chance to live.”

“It's such a magnificent thing to be able to love someone and expect nothing from them.”

“The only thing an actor can do is, whatever lands on the carpet in the hall, you read it, and if you can't put it down, that's the job to do.”

“I'm doing my best to stay off that financing scheme that relies on this one strip of capital, which is the red carpet. And - no sob story - but it's hard. It takes a while.”

“From the outside, there's a lot of glitz. They see you on the red carpet, but they don't see what it takes to get there.”