Matt Passmore

You have to just enjoy yourself sometimes, and the audience will, too. Not every role has to be 'The Taming of the Shrew.'

I grew up in suburban Brisbane, so to say you wanted to be an actor was a ridiculous concept.

It doesn't matter how much I think I know about Florida, it still flips me on the head every time. It's just an absurd, eclectic place, and the stories that can come out of that place just never stop.

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.

I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.