Quotes

I'll put a 25-kilogram bag of sugar over each shoulder and run up the stairs with them when we're loading ingredients that have been delivered, and I'll hold 25-kilogram blocks of butter at shoulder height to build arm strength as well.

Growing up and walking around the supermarket, lollies were the thing that gave me that kind of kick, and you'd expect lots of them. It would be that or a pack of cake mix which got me into food.

I'm a bit of a thinker so I think a lot, and process a lot, and it always evolves into something different.

Chocolate fondant, creme brule, and sponge cake with jam, cream and fresh berries are always winners.

In the end, you have to do what makes you happy - the people who love you and are around you are all that matters.

I'm used to criticism.

When I was 19, I began work at a French sourdough bakery in Balmain.

I've become good at judging whether a girl wants to be around you just because she's after your status or because you're popular.

I go to Perth a few times a year and I love going there.

You'd be surprised how difficult it is relinquish a cell phone.

All commitments require sacrifice and hardship.

Luca Changretta's not someone you want to be at odds with. It's a fantastic opportunity for me, and he's a fascinating character.

I think there's a lot of catastrophe in this world and a lot of cruelty and a lot of carelessness.

Being anonymous is a great luxury. It's a big loss to lose that. Mostly, the loss is the ability to observe others without being observed yourself. And as an actor, that is your key tool.

My dad told me, 'It takes fifteen years to be an overnight success', and it took me seventeen and a half years.

Art can go beyond certain boundaries or blindness that we would have without that.

Even if you can't afford to buy a painting, you can experience it. You can go see the Mona Lisa and be transported. You can see the discipline and suffering in a van Gogh.

I've been producing projects, and I hope that It's inevitable one day that I direct a film. I have a lot of things I want to do.

The odd thing is how, I think, the intensity and devotion to my craft and the intensity of certain performances or types of roles I've played overshadow the comedic stints that I've had. 'Darjeeling Limited' is a comedy; The 'Brothers Bloom' is a comedy.

Some roles require less, and some roles require a great deal of commitment.

I grew up around New York, graffiti culture.

Maybe I'm a bit superstitious, but I don't like to talk about anything until I've done it.

The more I have a sincere connection to something, the less acting is required. And the more it's about creating the space to feel that connection and to feel that shift from yourself. And start interpreting things through new eyes.

I always had an actor within me.

I was a wild, mischievous kid, and I had tremendous imagination. Any experience I had, I'd try to reenact it.