I Feel So Lucky To Have Both

My Dad's Main Client Was The World Bank, And He Spent Most Of His Time Traveling To Third World Countries. His Particular Interest Lay In The Eradication Of Poverty Through Development And Business.

I'm A Mad Lover Of Sport. You Cannot Say A Bad Word To Me About Sports. So I Know Business Is Involved And I Know It Can Be Cynical, And, Of Course, I Watch It, But For Me It's Pure.

At The End Of Drama School, I Made A Contract With Myself: I'd Try Acting For Five Years. I Was 26. I Had Already Spent Eight Years Working In Restaurants And Gas Stations. So I Had Seen Enough Small Businesses To Understand That That's What Acting Is: A Small Business.

I Never Wanted To Go Longer Than Five Years Off The Stage. Not Necessarily Musicals, But Just Doing A Play Or Something.

To Make Films Like 'x-men' Work Commercially - And Also Have Some Class - Is One Of The Hardest Things There Is To Do. I Want To Be Seen To Be Able To Cross Lots Of Genres And Still Be 'fair Dinkum,' As We Say In Australia, Which Means Genuine And True And, Well, Unique.