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" Acting is all about creative ideas and sharing, so the more places those ideas come from, the better. "
Creative
Better
Sharing
" Diversity is best in all contexts. "
Best
Diversity
" Glasgow's really friendly, with this impressive mix of real solidarity and identity that's very personal. "
Personal
Real
Identity
" I audition for a lot and don't get a lot. "
Audition
Get
Lot
" If you've got a camera that's two feet away from you, you have to bring it all back down. It's a lot more insular. It's different brush strokes. Whereas on stage, you're playing to people who, depending on the size of the theater, might be 40 meters away from you. "
Feet
Down
You
" I got to do school properly and all the stuff that you should do when you're young and teenage: first friends, first girlfriends. It wasn't like I needed to be doing acting. "
School
Acting
Doing
" I guess I'm taking for granted how open my parents are. "
How
Parents
Taking
" I had to try to understand how much of a taboo it was. My mum worked in ballet and theatre when she was younger, and I had been brought up around lots of gay people, so I had never had any issue and couldn't imagine how hard it was to be out. "
People
Gay
Theatre
" I seem to have a bit of a knack for accents; I can pick them up quick enough. "
I Can
Pick
Quick
" I think, when you're younger, you're slightly spoilt with the situation you get put in and to get to work with the people I got to work with without really thinking about it. "
People
Think
Got
" I want as much as I can to try and explore different roles and different characters; that's important to me to get involved in as many different parts as I can. "
I Can
Important
Me
" I wouldn't want to ever complain about having the opportunity to audition. "
Opportunity
Want
Complain
" My dad's Australian. "
Dad
Australian
" My dad used to work in the theater as a stage manager, production manager, and lighting designer. "
Used
Lighting
Manager
" My mum was a costume designer and costume supervisor in the theater and, especially, the ballet. But that was before I was born. "
Before
Theater
Costume
" Reading nice stuff about you is lovely, but I know it's going to be soul-destroying when you do something that everyone is tearing apart. "
You
Everyone
Know
" The more I can be the character, the further I can get away from myself, the better. "
More
Better
Character
" There's a loyalty attached to football, and it is more communal than theatre. If you go to the football, it is part of the structure of your life. For lots of people, theatre is a treat. "
Life
Football
Theatre
" What I'd like to do is try as many different ways of working as possible. That's what I'm looking to do - collaborate with as many different directors. "
Like
Working
Try
" When me and my sister were toddlers, it was 'The Jungle Book' literally every day. If it was lunchtime, it was 'Jungle Book' time. "
Me
Every Day
Day
" You would not get out of bed in the morning if you were constantly worrying about the possibility of something happening to you on your way to work. But it is still something to pay attention to, I think. "
You
Work
Think
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