Obviously I don’t have a stylist for everyday stuff, but for a premiere or something usually the studio will hire someone.

I’d always dreamt of acting but, in Adelaide, we don’t have exposure to the opportunities that make stardom a possibility.

My parents don’t really watch movies at all.

I had the best of both worlds when I was a kid. I’d spend a quiet week with my mum, then I’d go to my dad’s property in the Adelaide Hills, where there were all these kids and animals running around.

As a producer you have creative control, and that’s what is so exciting about it. At the end of the day, if you have made a film it’s totally your responsibility, and if it works it’s your responsibility and if it doesn’t it’s also your responsibility.

I think that Americans find the Australian humour and the energy of Australians very refreshing – we are quite self-deprecating, we’re light-hearted and can have a laugh.

I’m very much into animal welfare.

I’ve been incredibly blessed.

I love zombie films like Danny Boyle’s ‘28 Days Later’ – I thought it was so brilliantly done and so grounded in reality. I was definitely thrust into the zombie world watching that film.

In real life, I’m always in tracksuits, and I never wear makeup.