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" Coming from New Zealand and Australia is like a tough pre-school for Hollywood. And having been on 'Neighbours,' even though the agents I met with hadn't seen it, they knew it's where Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce had come from. It was a foot in the door. "
New
Hollywood
Door
" Having glue stuck to your face in winter is not fun. It freezes as it hits the skin. "
Stuck
Skin
Fun
" I always seem to get parts where I play the sports professional - and that's not me at all! "
Play
Always
Me
" I felt more comfortable playing other people than being myself, when I was a kid. And then, the tables turned. Through my performances, I've become more comfortable with who I am, and then I just bring more of myself into the people that I play. "
Being Myself
Play
People
" I guess I did get to tick a big one off the bucket list, though, and that was being on a giant billboard smack-bang in the hub of Hollywood Boulevard. That was... well, pretty Hollywood. "
Pretty
Well
Off
" I was a very hyper-active child and my parents just didn't know what to do with me. "
Know
Parents
Just
" I was shooting a mini-series for Sundance/BBC, called 'Top of the Lake,' that was shot by Jane Campion, who's a beautiful native New Zealander and famous film director. The role I was playing was very intense, and they shaved half my hair off. So, I looked like this post-apocalyptic character. "
Character
Lake
Hair
" My family aren't performers. They're just normal people. They don't understand this entertainment world. They just think it's mental. They have no idea what I'm doing in America. "
World
Think
America
" The network made me join Twitter. I am very scared of social media, and I don't know how to use it, so it's kind of trial and error. "
Me
Know
Social Media
" The original theme of 'Beauty and the Beast' is don't judge a book by its cover. Love what's inside. "
Love
Beast
Beauty
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