"When I did my first film I kind of fell into it. I got cast in this movie called 2:37... the director, Murali K Thalluri, basically saw me and said: "I'm going to put you in this movie." And that week I felt like a void had been filled. I was so in my element. I was thrown in at the deep end."
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"I'm very much into animal welfare."
"I do like fantasy films."
"I can't speak for anyone else, but in my case, I sort of fell into acting."
"I always have those feelings - lucky and blessed - and I don't know if they'll ever go away. I really hope they don't, as I think it keeps you grounded. That's how I feel about every film I do."
"As for myself, I'm attracted to venture into places with peeling paint, and areas that are crumbling a little bit. It makes sense because we've already established the photography focusing on architecture, even if it looks incorrect, there's something appealing about entering that."
"I love zombie films like Danny Boyle's '28 Days Later' - I thought it was so brilliantly done and so grounded in reality. I was definitely thrust into the zombie world watching that film."
"I try to get back to Australia as much as possible."
"The nerds are my favourite sort of boys - any guy with a passion - whether it be physics or film or writing or poetry even, I think it's super sweet and it's very attractive for a female."
"I can walk around relatively anonymously."
"I've been incredibly blessed."
"I was thrown in the deep end at 18 when I got cast in a movie that I didn't audition for. The director just sort of found me and put me in a film, so the decision was really made for me."
"I love being able to help and encourage my friends and I try to inspire them as they do me."
"There aren't a lot of movie star males around my age that I can play opposite."
"I have to not take myself too seriously and I have to realise that if it is meant to be, it will be."
"In real life, I'm always in tracksuits, and I never wear makeup."
"I'm not really sure what the psychology is, but for me, I'm interested in it because it's such a juxtaposition to what is going on in my life with a newborn, as you can see. So because of that juxtaposition I'm really fascinated by it, but I'm equally terrified by it, and I think that diving in it makes me feel safer as a woman and a mother for some reason."
"I think, for me anyway, music and film is where you can really transport yourself to another universe."
"If you're being true to who you are, and the things you believe in, that is so attractive to me."