I guess when I first started speaking with an American accent, there’s a tendency to create a caricature of the accent because you just exaggerate the pieces that stand out to you.

I didn’t even understand the whole idea of Hollywood.

There’s something really nice about having a group of people that you’re committed to, that you work with and that there’s a future in it. Film is like a party, and then it’s over, whereas this hopefully feels like a family.

I’m not working now, so I’m sort of facing the unknown.

For me, even just being English was a whole sort of experience in as much as I’m Australian.

This city can be kind of brutal, so you see your dreams from every different angle, but ultimately it’s about acting and if you enjoy acting, you will always enjoy acting.

We’ve become much more casual and much more relaxed in social interactions, where there was a formality and maybe a kind of respect at that time that doesn’t exist now.

You do have habits and rhythms that you do sort of fall into when you’re acting, but if you’ve got text that doesn’t allow you to do that it puts you in a bit of an uncomfortable space and takes you out of your habits.

So I was in America and I thought I’ll stick around while I’m here and just see what happens. The next film I did was High Art, so I guess it started with a sort of vague idea but really just a fantasy.

To be honest, it’s easier for me to speak with an American accent.