Über "Oyster Farmer";
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“The film moves at the pace of life on the Hawkesbury River. It is an honest to life, romantic comedy. It is a fantastic actors piece.”
“When I looked around the set at the amazing actors I was working with – Jack Thompson, Kerry Armstrong, Jim Norton, David Field – it sometimes didn’t feel quite real. I feel very fortunate to have had the experience, every moment I listened intently and watched what they were doing. I had so much to learn and they were all so willing to teach….I felt blessed.”
“The script looks at what it is like to be a man in this society. Jack is an Aussie bloke, he’s a little bit ostentatious, a little bit obnoxious, a little bit cheeky, but he’s sensitive as well. Jack is really a city kid who ends up in the scrub for the first time in his life and, unexpectedly, finds a community and love.”
Über "August Rush";
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“I lived in New York with Jonathan Rhys Meyers while making the movie August Rush — in which I play a Dubliner — and it was helpful that Jonathan is Irish. I kept that accent for four months.”
Über "The Shield";
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“This will probably be the thing that gets me recognized. It’s a big deal. The role was highly coveted over here and I’m really happy. I auditioned two weeks ago, they called me back the next day and I just finished the first of seven episodes.”
“There was a sex scene in The Shield where I was nude – I was fully naked on a chair! There is nothing fun about doing a scene like that. I have had to do a couple of them in my career and it is like — it’s just weird and sort of icky.”
Über "Moonlight";
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“Our show is only vampires. We don’t deal with other monsters like trolls and goblins and stuff. We’re not based in some medieval book of curses; we’re set in contemporary times. And our vampires, they walk among us, live among us, work among us. They’re lawyers and doctors…. We’re trying to bring it into the here and now. The other thing is, I don’t think I’ve seen a vampire series done in a film-noir style, not just in the way it’s shot but in the use of devices we have, like flashbacks and voiceovers.”
“When I read the character, the first quality that I really related to was his humor. He has quite a dark humor. I’m not as dark as he is in humor but I see the lighter side of things. I see the comedy in life so that sort of was my entrance point to this role.”
“When you are the lead of a one-hour drama, it is the hardest you will ever work. But it is not only a one-hour drama, it is effects-heavy, make-up-heavy, and I am doing my own stunts. But I love it, I find it very invigorating.”
“The longest I’ve done is 21 hours on set. Every day is a long day. I think we average 16-17 hours. Life on set is all about the show.”
“He is also a lot tougher than I am and a lot brighter than I am – he’s like a new-age superhero.”
“What I like about Mick is he is a victim of circumstance. He was made into a vampire against his own will. He’s someone who always tries to do the right thing. But he’s also flawed. I think he’s a character we will all relate to at some stage, because he’s a heart-centred character.”
“What is it about creatures that consume human blood to exist? And why is it if there was no truth behind the myth, that so many cultures all over the world as far back as we can trace, have stories about it? There’s such a mysterious, sensual element. I think we live vicariously through vampires.”
“I actually really enjoyed Buffy and Angel. (But) we have a very different show, catered to a slightly different audience.”
“As an actor I approach this character, as a guy who just happens to be a vampire. He just happens to have this curse that he didn’t want and didn’t ask for and now it just so happens he has to live off of human blood. Other than that; he’s just a normal guy.”
“I prefer the vampire genre moreso than any other supernatural thing. It’s the king of supernatural. Vampires are raaaad.”
“I have always loved vampires (and) I came in with a significant knowledge of the genre. And I think if you are going to be a vampire, 30 is the peak of a man’s age.”
“With the genre itself, I have always been really enamored by its shameless sensuality. It is unlike any other genre. And this genre has had tremendous success, especially with the way these types of characters live. You get to see how deeply these vampires feel about the world sensorial. Their senses are all heightened. If you compared them to an animal, it would have to be a cat, on a lot of levels. The touch, the smell. They are so sensitive, especially when they transform and morph. I’ve always loved that.”
“I’ve been kind of obsessed with the genre since I first discovered it. I discovered Anne Rice when I was sort of late teens. And I read the first five or six books of “The Vampire Chronicles.” I loved her character development. I learned so much about her, like about the mythology of vampires.”
“I grew up with American TV and American cinema because we didn’t really have that much of our own. And so I grew up with all of the films that you guys did. “Lost Boys” was a huge film for me when that was made. And “The Hunger” was also something that I really loved. So, yeah, I have always sort of wanted to play a vampire.”
“If he gets excited, for better or worse, he can vamp out a little bit. Sometimes he has to. If you do have vampires about you in this modern day amongst you, amongst us all, and they’re going through transformation publicly, they kind of have to keep it contained and that makes another layer of vulnerability for this guy.”
“Because of his special abilities, because he has subhuman powers, he’s able to take on cases that perhaps other people wouldn’t. He’s able to pursue cases that may be unpursuable. Is that a word?”
“Mick St. John essentially is a human who denies the monster within. He became a vampire against his will and then became a private investigator because he feels that each predator he gets rid of, each monster he kills or has put away gets him closer to the humanity within himself that he has lost.”
“He’s a very complex character to play because really he hates what he is and hates himself, and that’s put him right on the edge.”
“What saving [Beth] signifies to him was so enormous and now that she’s come of age and he’s starting to find himself attracted to her … oh man … he wants her to call him Dad and he wants her to call him Baby … it’s all messed up. But that allows for some really dramatic twists and changes in the character that you just wouldn’t see anywhere else.”
“A big thing that comes up for me with this show and with this world is redemption. At what point can we no longer be redeemed? And Mick’s hoping the answer is never.”
“The reason Mick became a PI in the first place is because he feels on a deep level that the more predators he gets rid of and the more crimes against humanity he solves, the further away he’ll get from the predator he actually is. Even though he would never admit it, and he never shows it, he is a true victim of circumstance.”
“Part of what makes Mick unique is his ability to turn off his emotions and deal with what he has to deal with. There was so much blood. The urge to do what comes naturally to him can be subdued. That desire to drink the blood was right at the surface the whole time. So, he is no stranger to blood or body parts. He can control his natural instincts.”
“I don’t think Mick is very good at being a vampire. I think he’s kind of shitty at it. And so reluctant, so nostalgic. Whereas Josef is like, “Dude, this is awesome. Let’s bite some chicks. And spend some money.”
“To me the unrequited love aspect of this show and the Romeo and Juliet mirror that we provide is an essential part of the drama and the tension. In Mick’s mind there is no way he could ever cross that line despite the flesh being weak and despite the depth of feeling that he has for this woman. In his mind that would be the ultimate sin. It’s awkward because he looks at her through paternal eyes, but he also wants to sleep with her, so that’s pretty weird.”
“The minute he and Beth actually get together and consummate their love, it becomes a different story. At this moment, we still have the Romeo and Juliet thing going on. When this show was pitched to me, they said it was about a vampire P.I. I said, “Really?” I didn’t think it would be good. But then I read it, and it is about so much more than that. It deals with epic ideas and themes. I think it has elements of Hamlet, it has elements of Romeo and Juliet. I think it has elements of a lot of big stories that have already been told. When we get together, that element will no longer be there. It won’t be unrequited love anymore. That will push us in a different direction.”
“I’ve always been obsessed with the genre, and the beautiful romanticism and erotic kind of nature of the immortal being, the undead who lives on human blood. Just the thought of eternity and us experiencing it, and the fear that brings up in my heart when I think of it.”
“I’ve always been enamored with the shameless sensuality within the genre, unlike any other genre. And, also, the shameless excess to which these creatures live, and how deeply vampires feel, sensoraly. Their senses are heightened. If you were to compare a vampire to an animal, I would think it would probably be a cat, on a lot of levels, with the touch and smell. They’re so sensitive, especially when they morph. I’ve always loved that.”
“Lola says ‘Remember darling, half the world is night.’ (Episode: B.C.) I love it! I write it on some photos when people ask for autographs. I love it!”
“It tastes like a gauva and pomegranate. If you drink too much, you get a really bad stomachache and it makes you fart. A farty vampire. It’s an interesting set.”
“I really feel like I’m participating in life when I’m strapped into a harness and hanging precariously over the ground.”
“I do have a stunt double because there are certain things they won’t let me do. They won’t set fire to me and they won’t let me jump off a building. There are some stunts that it’s impossible to get insurance to let me do. For the most part, I do about 75% of my stuff. I have my own harnesses and pads and I’m trained in stunt work so I love it. The other thing is they don’t have to shoot around a stunt double, they can just shoot me and it makes the show better.”
“The stunts are fantastic. We do a lot of our own stunts. I do a lot of my own stunts, [and], um, you know there is more nudity than I have seen on network TV for a while. There are all sorts of things and everything is quite hard-hitting and cutting edge for CBS, I have to say.”
“Sophia and I spend a lot of time together and we’re great mates. She’s really fantastic to work with. I’m Australian and she’s British, and we have similar sensibilities and a similar sense of humor. We grew up with the same TV. We have a lot in common. She’s easy to get along with, which makes a big difference, when you’ve got to spend 18 hours a day with somebody.”
“I think it’s a really satisfying show. We own the demographic, and we own the demographic for a reason and that is that people of all ages are enjoying the show. Teenagers to people in their middle ages of life are sitting down watching Moonlight because it’s got so many elements that we turn to. It’s a love story. It’s a story about unrequited love. It’s got incredible action and great fight sequences. It’s got a tormented conflicted protagonist who always goes towards good, well for now, and whose rules are ambiguous and his motives, at times, are ambiguous, and it’s based in a genre that’s really exciting, that’s mysterious, that’s really sexy.”
“When you do a pilot and they fire everyone but you, you learn to not have any expectations, whatsoever, because surprises are inevitable.”
“I think it is a show that took a minute to find its legs, but once we found our legs, our numbers were consistent and we won some awards. We were doing really well and then they canceled it.”
“This writers’ strike has us stitched up. But I’ve done my job and hopefully it’s good enough to get another series. Hopefully these writers will come out of this strike sooner rather than later and we can all continue working.”
“The other day I was in Pittsburgh shooting [the CBS pilot Three Rivers], when this girl comes running up to me. Before I could finish ascertaining what I thought was going to happen, she pounced through the air, like a tiger, and landed on my chest with her arms around my neck and her legs around my waist. After I got her off and thanked her for the hug, she demanded to know when Moonlight was coming back.”
“I look back at it with a broken heart for the most part. I put every part of me into that show. I was fighting for it from every angle and I was there from the very beginning. It feels to me that ‘Moonlight’s’ disappearing out of my grasp. It’s sad, but I’m so glad to have been a part of it.”
Über "Criminal Minds;
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“The thing that I love about this episode is that we find a very disturbed character — a guy whose life is run by obsession and by compulsion, and he can’t stop this pattern of killing. But he wants salvation. He finds a child, and the child represents perhaps the last bit of innocence within himself. This is what I drew from the character when I first read the script, and I hope that’s what we see when the show plays.”
“I’m playing a villain, kind of. He’s a very flawed human being, but there is redemption as far as I’m concerned.”
“As I’m moving into this leading-man phase of my career, you don’t even get to read roles like this very much and you don’t get offered guest-star parts like this. I’m an actor – I didn’t go to leading-man school, I went to acting school.”
Über "Three Rivers";
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“They offered me the role, and I was like, “Can I at least audition as an Australian?” “G’day! Do you need a new heart?”
“It’s set in Pittsburgh, where the Monongahela, Allegheny, and Ohio rivers meet, and it’s told from three perspectives – the organ donor, the organ recipient, and the surgical team. That of course means that in every episode, someone dies and someone potentially lives, so it’s always very high-stakes. The show is really well-written and smart and sensitive. It’s a beautiful little hour of TV.”
“It’s a well-written piece that I foresee a longevity with that I didn’t with the other pilots that I read. I see three years ahead, you know what I mean? I see the fifth season. I see where the characters are going to go, the potential. I loved the character. I’ve sat in on five open-heart surgeries now. I realized how important a story like this was before I did that stuff, but the deeper I’ve gone into it, the more mesmerized I am.”
“I plead with my Moonlight fans to give this show a chance if they let me give it a chance. I can’t do Moonlight again — it’s finished. The bottom line is that my true fans will follow me where I go.”
Über seine Fans;
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“They’re very consistent in their passion, which is lovely, I love them for it, so much. I hope they follow me into my career, and my next project. I mean, every character is not going to be Mick St. John. It’s just not. I’m always going to play different characters and hopefully they will find. I think my fans, because they’re so, comprehensive, with their study of me, and their research of me, I think that they’re probably starting to get to know me a bit now, as well, and if they’re still my fans, it means they still like me. If they still like me, hopefully they’re going to like what I like in the characters that I choose.”
“Hopefully, they’re going to come to love the characters that I love, the way I love them for the same reasons, or similar reasons. I want to take them all with me, I want to take them on this journey and show them what I’m learning and what I’m loving, and they’re great people, too. My fans are so caring, they send me so many well wishes, and lovely cards. Beautiful paintings. It’s amazing, I’ve never experienced it before. It can be a little overwhelming, I’m just like anyone else. Can you imagine, like opening the mail, and getting 1,000 letters? It can be really weird, really bizarre.”
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