Quotes

My happy place is building things. In fact I've just proudly finished an outdoor table for the balcony. I have a storage facility filled with power tools. -- I should've been a carpenter.

I love taking things apart and rebuilding them - sort of like construction. I like the architecture of things, like fashion, I used to like sewing my own clothes and building things, I've done renovations on my house. So I've found a great joy in riding motorcycles.

What interests me is playing characters that are well-formed... exposing all the colour and nuance of their interior world, or the chance to show they have secrets. It's about creating a full human being, not just an archetypal character, especially as a female because historically females have been there to enable a male character's journey.

Although it can be difficult seeing how some people live, it can also be incredibly humbling and enlightening to witness their resilience and that people are actually being helped by your contribution.

Growing up in a family where there were never any barriers up against race, sexual orientation or gender, it saddened me when I became old enough to realize there was homophobia, racism and sexism in the world.

There is nothing more boring than seeing a perfect human.

I don't know if they're strong or they're just more complex. I like complicated characters. I think it's that they've [the characters] just been drawn really well.

I'm really sad to say goodbye to that character, but it was the right time. She has left a mark for the other characters to be affected by and that's good drama.

Bea's in my bones. I think she'll stay with me for a long time.

I couldn't have asked for a better character. To start there as vulnerable and as damaged as she was from her domestic life... and then, strangely, find her place in the world within that world. I will never forget that journey.

I get mail every day from people telling me how much they loved Bea and how they miss her. And I go, 'Well, great job. Well done by everyone who helped create that character.'"