I had the best of both worlds when I was a kid. I'd spend a quiet week with my mum, then I'd go to my dad's property in the Adelaide Hills, where there were all these kids and animals running around.

I came from rather humble beginnings.

I think Aussies try to stay humble.

I'm a workaholic, I always try to fill my time with projects.

I haven't met everyone from all different cultures, but I do know Aussies are very tough.

As actors we give so much of ourselves away so I like to keep my personal life to myself.

I was so dorky up until I was about 14 or 15 and started to get a little bit cooler, but I was a socks and sandals girl. I would wear big frilly socks with sandals and all the kids would tease me.

I feel like if I ever got into some sort of rumble on the street, I will actually be able to defend myself.

I know my parents are really proud of me, and they think I've become successful, so that's nice, but there's still so much I want to achieve in my life.

I'd always dreamt of acting but, in Adelaide, we don't have exposure to the opportunities that make stardom a possibility.

I think that Americans find the Australian humour and the energy of Australians very refreshing - we are quite self-deprecating, we're light-hearted and can have a laugh.

Good stuff doesn't just happen. You have to fight for it.

Dreamers and thinkers believe in innovative ideas and they become the greatest students of all time.

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

The complexity of things - the things within things - just seems to be endless. I mean nothing is easy, nothing is simple.

Now I am nothing but a veil; all my body is a veil beneath which a child sleeps.

CO₂ emissions anywhere threaten civilisation everywhere.

If we displease God, does it matter whom we please? If we please Him, does it matter whom we displease?

I feel like "Not For Long" was one for me just because I got to work with two people that I looked up to...

Justice is nothing more than the advantage of the stronger.

I really love performing with an orchestra and am very excited to do so with the Kalamazoo Symphony.