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I've lived on the planet long enough to see it happen time and again. Ultimately, you get to a point where you see that no matter how horrific your childhood was, you have much more insight and depth because of the pain you've been through.

Absolutely, that experience, doing door work for seven years.

The industry is changing really fast and drama has suffered because of that - there are all these new platforms that have been created but it's still a struggle for an actor in this country.

I'm pretty much a full-time voice artist and a part-time actor. I do this for a hobby. I would love it to be the other way around.

To be an actor in Australia you are just grateful for work, I'm grateful to have a job, feel my three kids and pay the mortgage.

Once I made the decision to put on weight, I stopped training and started eating. It's funny - once I told my body that I was going to stack it on, boom, it just happened.

I got an agent on Monday, auditioned for McLeod's on Thursday, got the job on Friday and was in Adelaide ready to start filming two weeks later.

We're all fallible, we make mistakes, experience pain and all those things feed into human experience. As an actor, I suppose I bring that to every role. I don't ever want to feel like I've nailed acting. I've been through periods of my career where I haven't always loved acting, but I've never stopped learning

On Aussie Soap Neighbours: After working on the show I can see why it is such an important institution.

It's a fluke. Sometimes I find the roles and sometimes they find me.

All the actors work so hard, I can see why some of these actors go on to have international careers. It's a great training ground.

But once I'm in the character I love it because there's nothing better than being able to transform like that. I love looking at a completely different character in the mirror.

You do notice when you're carrying a bit of weight that people treat you differently. I'm lucky that I'm only doing it for a short amount of time.

Acting was a huge circuit-breaker for me because it enabled me to express feelings I didn't understand and to let some steam out of the valves. After going to acting class, I would feel much better because I had some form of release.

At the end of the day, fame and money don't really cut it with me. None of that matters if you can't be around for your children.