I think I've definitely found a niche working in comedy, but dramatic films are what brought me here. After I saw 'Titanic' in the theater, I got the bug.
It's so easy to become obsessed with the film industry and recognition that we can forget that we are not saving the world. We are just actors trying to entertain people.
I would quite like to do a different accent or play something so different from myself because Olivia, the character I play in this film, is similar to me.
I have done a lot of sci-fi, not out of choice, necessarily. It's just that I'm Canadian, and it's more cost-efficient to film sci-fi up here.
I just like the comic book sensibility. If I can turn them into films and TV series, that's just icing on the cake.
I think if I was in over 250 films, the world would get pretty sick of me. I would probably never get put in anything ever again.
I don't think there's any connection between my journalism career and my film career. They are two totally different mediums and very different skills.
I still don't have a publicist. If I'm in a film, you have an obligation to promote it, I'll do as much as I can.
I'm never there enough to really keep up with what's going on in the Australian film industry. I just try and be part of it as much as I can.
It's hard to pinpoint why all of a sudden a group of Australian films will be doing well and why they perhaps are better made than some from the past.
The dynamic range of a digital camera is not that much greater than film, particularly if you push the ASA a little bit.
I guess I've been fortunate in having an ongoing film career while being based in Melbourne. I'm happy to commute. A day on a plane. Come on. It's easy.
If I fail, the film industry writes me off as another statistic. If I succeed, they pay me a million bucks to fly out to Hollywood and fart.
I don't want the Latino community to think I think the reason Latino films are not doing well is because of us. It is not fully our responsibility.
We don't consider black, urban films as 'indies,' though many of them are shot for under $10 million which is kind of the definition of an indie.
For me, some of the happiest moments on a live-action film are the awkward moments. One actor says something to another actor. They didn't expect that performance from that actor; that affects their return performance.
This was all very new to me and I did not want to ruin his film! So we worked hard on that basis of confidence that is needed to collaborate comfortably.
I do smaller films, I'm not getting big paydays. I feel like we're just kind of scraping together here.
I don't think there's much point in putting me a deep, dark, heavy, emotional film because there are people who do it so much better than I do.
I'm quite proud of some of the films I've done, but less for the acting than for the fact that they're unpretentious and entertaining. I'm proud of having made unpretentious choices.
When I think about actors I know, I'd much rather hear about who they're shagging than what film they're doing next.
