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On her All Saints Character Von: When I got the script for the audition, I thought she was very interesting - I liked her, I liked the possibilities of who she was - she is an obvious character in many ways but with good dimensions. And I like the way the writers are developing her.

In the back of my head, yes I did.

Every TV show has its life and you hear things about new shows being started and they take shows to make room for the new. So yes, it was looking to me very much that perhaps that would happen.

I can always remember when Country Practice finished, and I was driving home to Queensland through the country. And people were quite bereft because they felt it was their show.

I did love the show and I loved playing the character. But there were times when I though 'Move on Jude, just get on with it.'

It's a funny thing. You're there and you think 'I've had enough now.' I thought the character had reached a certain point unless it got reinvented. And of course, they did. They kept reinventing a bit. I suppose we all go through that phase, but some people really act upon it.

Because it was such a character-based show. You got to know the people. They were in your living room each week, so you became very familiar with them. And people like that. They feel part of it.

On How All Saints show runners refused to show up for the final taping: None of the big boys from Mahogany Row were there, but you expect that.

This is an insecure profession. But I always think when an actor does his best work, that the best performances come when you're putting yourself on the line.

I'm interested in doing anything. It's a big open field out there and I don't think we (as actors) can afford to specialise.

But being in a series like Prisoner does give you security that comes with a nine-to-five job; mind you, ours is a pretty much extended nine-to-five.

I felt I would rather leave before boredom, resentment and frustration set in. I'm certainly not saying Prisoner isn't creating something, but I don't know where to take Colleen now.

I always thought that when the character had developed and relationships with the other characters had been explored to their full extent that would be the time to get out.

Working in what has to be basically formula TV does bring its own challenge. There are times when you're making unlikely scripts work and it can be rewarding.

For the first couple of years I used to drift in and out, but when Fiona Spence (Vera Bennett) left the show, Colleen became a regular.

They haven't had to sustain a character for such a length of time before; it was a different method of working for me.

[comparing As Prisioneiras (1979) character nicknames] Po Face wasn't crash hot either!