Quotes

I've been tossing around an idea for a while, but it's such a marathon writing a novel.

It's such an institution; it stays open later, it's got proper food - and real European waiters - and the wine list is incredible.

I'd never done a live gig before and we only had a rehearsal the night before - I was really nervous and excited.

Although it can be tricky filming things in Melbourne as it's always summer on TV. This season we've got to wear jumpers for the first time ever, which is sort of a miracle.

There's not much vegan gear here. I've dropped the 'not drinking' bombshell - imagine if I'd said I was vegan.

As an actor, you've got a script, you know your lines. But politicians are on stage all the time, often with only a half written script. It's almost improv.

An actor's natural instinct is that no matter who you're playing, you're sympathetic to them.

Hodson is not a malicious guy, but he's not a good guy either. It's about trying to find that balance. He's pathetic. Yes, he's a fun-time party guy, but he's just a fun-time party guy. He's a wide boy from England, he's giving his children drugs. He's profoundly irresponsible.

The personal, emotional element of where we've been for the last 12 months is absolutely a defining feature of this process.

What we're trying to do is recognise the range of emotions are going to come, whether that be distress or worry or anger or surprise, or whatever it might be, But there isn't one story about this. As we broaden it now, it's potentially 30,000 that we're talking about. That's a lot of different stories.