I lead a very physical life. I played a lot of sports and I spent a lot of time in the water surfing, swimming. I was a big swimmer..

I think I was about 18 before I decided I wanted to pursue acting. I went to drama school in Western Australia when I was 19..

Graphic novel genre become really quite popular. It's really a big screen film genre that they have successfully moved into the small screen..

I hadn't been there [Comic-Con] before. It's pretty eye-opening, when you haven't been there, just with the sheer amount of fans that are there for d….

There's always a project around, but you have to pick and choose..

I'm passionate about being an actor, but I'm definitely not passionate about being a sex symbol..

I think the most challenging aspect was keeping up the degree of physical fitness you need while filming a major leading role in a primetime U.S. ser….

Often too many expectations are put on by society as to what we're supposed to look like and it's fed to people at an age that's too young..

I had wanted to be a fish farmer, to be honest with you. I wanted to be an agriculturist. I wanted to have my own fish farm. I was also contemplating….

The rig work can be rewarding to pull off, a really good rig in a set of wires where you're throwing yourself up walls and doing moves mid-air. That'….

We have researchers involved with the show [Spartacus] and they pointed me in a pretty great direction, in terms of what to read, and what to look at….

McLeod's Daughters' was my first regular job out of drama school, and my first full-time role. That was great because I learned a lot, in terms of wo….

I think I made some mistakes, in different areas, but it's great to be working in a show again now, many years down the track. I have worked in many ….

I'm such a fan of Deadwood. I love the characters in that. They're such wonderful characters. I'm a fan of The Wire. Those are all heavily character-….

You always draw inspiration from your family or your parents if they've proven to be inspirational. My mother is someone who's always been inspiratio….

Doing all the rig work and the stunt work has actually been wonderful. It's a whole new skill set that I've learned that I'll get to take onto my nex….

When I'm not working, I weight train three times a week and swim and surf as much as I can - in the summer, you usually find me in the water..

I think there's always pieces of yourself that bleed into your character. That's inevitable..

I'm singing and dancing and playing guitar. I really enjoy pushing myself into different aspects. I'm not going to do this for the rest of my life, b….

Being the new guy's always great because you get to go in fresh with your own choices and you get to bring new life and breath and a new energy into ….

New Zealand is a pretty no-nonsense place to work like Australia. I mean it doesn't falter to anyone. There's a nice sense of reality on the set and ….