Since I've been in Playboy myself in Australia, I love it, and I think it's really empowering and positive towards women, which is not a view that many women hold.

I had an acting coach while I was doing the show and every week I could see my work improving. I really liked working on the show because I was learning new things every day.

Also, there are seats in the diner that always fall off the table. If you have a scene where you're packing up at the end of the day and putting them on the table, they just slide off.

The funniest thing happened in one of my first scenes. In the beginning Emma was really arrogant and punk and in every scene she would slam the door when she walked in or out.

It was sort of good it happened because it broke the ice with everyone.

Being sexy doesn't mean you shouldn't be safe.

I couldn't sing to save myself. Greg went to John after the audition and said, 'She's cute, but she can't sing very well' and he said, 'I know. We'll teach her. I just want her on the show'.

Kylie and I were both taking piano lessons at the time and didn't think of acting. A friend rang mum up and said, 'How about bringing Kylie and Danielle in because they might be right for the part?

Obviously, there must be some connection between the subordination of actual individuals and the grotesque exaltation of symbolic ones like Kim Il Sung.

We can only hope to live a meaningful life by serving as earnest witnesses to life’s tragic beauty.

When I was young I used to think that wealth and power would bring me happiness. I was right.

Not for myself I make this prayer But for this race of mine That stretches forth from shadowed places Dark hands for bread and wine.

Can't we all just play nicely and leave the playground the way we found it, clean and safe?

Skiers view snowboarders as a menace; snowboarders view skiers as Elmer Fudd.

When it comes to being slaves to fashion, American managers make adolescent girls look like rugged individualists.

To pray rightly, you must make God your hope, stay, and all. Right prayer sees nothing substantial or worth being concerned about except God.

I remember making up songs in my head.

I just produced Criminal, this remake of Nine Queens, and one of the things that appealed to me about Nine Queens is that it was a performance piece, and that's the most fun.