I think I was about 18 before I decided I wanted to pursue acting. I went to drama school in Western Australia when I was 19.
You always draw inspiration from your family or your parents if they’ve proven to be inspirational. My mother is someone who’s always been inspirational to me.
I think there’s always pieces of yourself that bleed into your character. That’s inevitable.
I lead a very physical life. I played a lot of sports and I spent a lot of time in the water surfing, swimming. I was a big swimmer.
New Zealand is a pretty no-nonsense place to work, like Australia. I mean it doesn’t falter to anyone.
I’m singing and dancing and playing guitar. I really enjoy pushing myself into different aspects. I’m not going to do this for the rest of my life, but I want to keep challenging myself. And if I’m fearful of something I definitely want to step into it and see how good or bad I am at it.
Often too many expectations are put on by society as to what we’re supposed to look like and it’s fed to people at an age that’s too young.
When I’m not working, I weight train three times a week and swim and surf as much as I can – in the summer, you usually find me in the water.
I had wanted to be a fish farmer, to be honest with you. I wanted to be an agriculturist. I wanted to have my own fish farm. I was also contemplating surfboard building.
Being the new guy’s always great because you get to go in fresh with your own choices and you get to bring new life and breath and a new energy into something that’s already established.
Graphic novel genre become really quite popular. It’s really a big screen film genre that they have successfully moved into the small screen.
The White Ribbon Foundation is organization I support. They’re bringing awareness of violence against women and I think it’s important in our society.
New Zealand is a pretty no-nonsense place to work like Australia. I mean it doesn’t falter to anyone. There’s a nice sense of reality on the set and it’s really enjoyable. There’s a good camaraderie and a good banter between the obviously New Zealand and Australian rivalry.
The rig work can be rewarding to pull off, a really good rig in a set of wires where you’re throwing yourself up walls and doing moves mid-air. That’s just fun.
Doing all the rig work and the stunt work has actually been wonderful. It’s a whole new skill set that I’ve learned that I’ll get to take onto my next jobs. We get to do that all the time, the fighting and the learning new moves. It’s quite exciting.
I’m such a fan of Deadwood. I love the characters in that. They’re such wonderful characters. I’m a fan of The Wire. Those are all heavily character-based shows.
There’s always a project around, but you have to pick and choose.