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" When I was younger, people would always say, 'Are you a ballet dancer?' I had that look - one of those skinny kids with my hair in a bun. "

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" I think that's the kind of women that people are interested in. They're interested in strong women characters who are stronger than the male characters sometimes, in some ways. That's what's interesting and attractive about women. "

" Any time you have intimacy with someone, there is something between them. "

" QVB have a long history of supporting Australian talent. "

" It is hard sometimes to see how other actors are working when you are working with them. "

" I grew up seeing a lot of theatre, and it was theatre that really seduced me into acting - not film or television. "

" I think 'Rake' was a very clever crossover, actually, because it does lend itself to the city of L.A. "

" I hate being pigeon-holed into anything. To me, the best thing is when the next job comes and is completely different to the one that I just had. "

" I was researching my family tree, and I was deeply hoping I was going to turn out to be Eastern European, but I'm not. "

" I love buildings that aren't purpose-built. "

" It's good to see a man who isn't afraid to live out his masculinity. "

" If there is a book that the script came from you have to read it, you have to see what you can get out of it: mood, back story and things that may not even be in the film. They kick off your imagination and broaden the character, I think. "

" In everything I do, I like to set the idea for girls that they can do anything. I was really moved by Hillary Clinton's speech when she lost the election - she didn't want young girls to feel like it wasn't possible and wanted them to know a female president will eventually happen. That's important. "

" As actors, we are accustomed to moving around, and it's always great to live and work in a city - you feel like you are truly living a life there. "

" There are some great women's roles in television... so much more interesting than what I was reading in film scripts. "

" Writers would hate me saying this, and I love words, but I have to say that cinema exists, on one level, for the power of the big image and what that image does. "

" In Australia, it's people from Asian countries who most often recognise me. There are often people just looking at me at the supermarket, like they're shocked to think I would go to the supermarket. "

" It's a career that's enticing because you go on stage, for example, and people clap. You get that affirmation, but you can't go into acting for that because it's really your own self-belief that's going to get you through. "

" I always feel this huge responsibility to the script when it arrives, keeping it confidential. "

" I've been on shows where they're just setting it up, and they're trying to find the tone of the writing and performance. That's always a really chaotic period on shows. "

" There are so many things from movies that are remembered, that are just looks on people's faces or incredible vistas or beautiful pictures. That is a very important part of cinema. "

" I'd always had a big thing for the '60s. "

" Alison Carr on 'Homeland.' She was such great character to play, so clever and full of surprises. I was sad to see her go. "

" My parents split up when I was young, and they are still good friends. I think it's often projected that these things have to be so acrimonious. It's so often not the case. "

" I really enjoy playing intelligent characters. I'm more interested in that than just emotional kind of Mum characters. "

" Certain characters get to me and stay with me for a while. "

" I like working intensely, then going away and thinking about it, working out why it didn't work and then coming back to it. It makes the work richer, I think. "

" I worry about my sides. I worry where everything goes. I worry that I'm going to be the leak. I give all my scripts back! "

" When I was working on 'Homeland,' there was a consultant who helped me a lot... I went to Washington and met with my consultant there, and he actually organised a lunch with several people from the Intelligence Committee. "

" You are being hit with tabloid-journalism bi-lines of what you are doing because you have suddenly become a star. "

" The detective genre is not easy because you've got to get to a conclusion that is unexpected. "