Courtney: "I do love doing action, but if I can balance the scale by doing other kinds of films that satisfy my creative ambitions, that feels really important."

Courtney: "I don't know if I'm an action star or if that's just how things are shaping up. I would hate to be boxed into that forever, but it's probably just a strength as far as my type goes, and I'm fine with that."

Courtney: "I was always realistic about the fact I wanted to be involved with big films."

Courtney: "I was a show-off as a kid and loved to dress up. I was constantly in costume, drawing mustaches on with eyeliner and letting my sister plait my hair and all that."

Courtney: "I like to eat. So it's often a battle to try and control that."

Courtney: "And as you got older, the training became more developed and precise. We did plays, we had voice classes with great dialect coaches. But I was never into it on a school level; it was this kind of private little thing I did. At school I was a rugby guy. At school I was a rugby guy. I was causing trouble with my mates and skating and tagging buildings, and smoking bongs."

Courtney: "I've always played sport. I played rugby, I was involved in athletics, I played cricket... I'm an outdoors kind of guy."

Courtney: "Action roles - or any role - should go to the best guy for the job. People obsess about nationality. Hollywood and America might be the hub for pop culture and cinema for the Western world, but that shouldn't suggest that all the roles should go to young American men."

Courtney: "A person can't know what happiness is without experiencing sadness. And I think that's healthy."

Courtney: "Some people have this really clear memory of making that decision, and I don't. My earliest memories of being involved with drama or acting were in elementary school. My sister and I got dropped off at an after-school improvisation class, a time-killer for kids while parents were doing the groceries. I'm 6 years old, and I remember running amok and playing these games."

Courtney: "I'm more likely to give you a cuddle than a punch in the face. I have a soft side, especially with my girlfriend. I send her flowers and use my culinary skills to pull off romantic meals. I do great Thai dishes."

Courtney: "It's funny: a lot of roles I do read for mention physical presence - like, 'built like a quarterback' - and for me, it's pretty boring because I don't want that to be the most important thing. I'm not trying to be Dwayne Johnson."

Courtney: "I had this alter ego where I would go to the theater with mom. I wasn't embarrassed by it; it was separate for me."

Courtney: "I was always trying to perform, but never with some dream to be on the stage. The stage was wherever I was standing at the time. I was lucky that the department of education in Sydney had a program where you could try out for these ensembles - kind of like extra-curricular sports, but for little drama kids. I got into that system, and it took me right through high school."

Courtney: "I'm not someone who has a lengthy attention span, and that applies to my exercise routine as well."

Courtney: "I love that about filmmaking - seeing final product and getting to see everyone else that you don't necessarily engage with on set every day and getting them to showcase their talents. Whether it's effects, music, the edit, the rhythm of a film is driven by that, so it's cool to see it come together. It's great to be standing in front of something you're genuinely proud of."

Courtney: "I was a bit of a show-off in school and loved playing dress-up, and my passion for it just grew as I got older."

Courtney: "The news business is simple but it's not easy to do well. You know the story, you have to cover it, you need pictures, you need good writers, you have to get it to the screen but it's obviously not easy to do well."

Courtney: "I started coming to L.A. as often as I could, for three months on and three months off, because immigration kicks you out after 90 days."

Courtney: "If you get just a bit of exercise in before every meal, you'll really see a difference."

Courtney: "Ideally, really ideally, you want to get to a place where you can have creative control over the material you do - choices, at least, anyway. And you want your choice of script and role. But do you really want your life to revolve around trying to maintain your privacy?"