जब भी मैं कोई अच्छा नाटक देखती हूँ या कोई अच्छी फिल्म देखती हूँ, तो मुझे वही अहसास होता है जो मुझे बचपन में होता था—या तो वह मंच पर मौजूद इंसान बनने की इच्छा या फिर कोई बड़ी पोशाक पहनकर जंगल में दौड़ जाने की इच्छा।

Every time I see a good play or watch a good movie, I have the same feeling I had as a child of wanting to be that person on stage or wanting to run through the forest with a big dress on.

Every time I see a good play or watch a good movie, I have the same feeling I had as a child of wanting to be that person on stage or wanting to run through the forest with a big dress on.

मैं निश्चित रूप से सेट पर न होने पर अपने किरदार में बने न रहने की पूरी कोशिश करती हूँ, जो कुछ भूमिकाओं में दूसरों की तुलना में अधिक कठिन हो सकता है।

I definitely try my best not to stay in character when I'm not on set, which can be more difficult in some roles than others.

I definitely try my best not to stay in character when I'm not on set, which can be more difficult in some roles than others.

मेरे पास ऐसा कोई चमत्कारिक किस्सा नहीं है जिसमें मुझे अचानक एहसास हुआ हो कि मुझे अभिनेता बनना है। यह तो धीरे-धीरे मेरे मन में बैठने वाला विचार था।

I don't have a story about an epiphany in which I suddenly realised I wanted to be an actor. It was much more a case of the idea dawning on me gradually.

I don't have a story about an epiphany in which I suddenly realised I wanted to be an actor. It was much more a case of the idea dawning on me gradually.

मेरा यह नहीं मानना है कि एक अभिनेता के तौर पर हर माध्यम में काम करने का हुनर अलग होता है। हर माध्यम की ज़रूरतें अलग होती हैं, लेकिन मेरे लिए, मैं हर जगह अपने उसी एक हुनर का इस्तेमाल करता हूँ। यह तो बस इस बात पर निर्भर करता है कि आप अपने हुनर को किसके लिए इस्तेमाल कर रहे हैं—चाहे वह कैमरे के सामने कोई अंतरंग दृश्य हो या फिर दो हज़ार लोगों की भीड़।

I don't really look at the skillset of being an actor as different in each medium. It asks a different thing of you as an actor, but for me, I draw upon the same skillset. It's just a different tuning of your tools as to who you're doing it for, whether you're doing it for an intimate camera or an audience of 2,000 people.

I don't really look at the skillset of being an actor as different in each medium. It asks a different thing of you as an actor, but for me, I draw upon the same skillset. It's just a different tuning of your tools as to who you're doing it for, whether you're doing it for an intimate camera or an audience of 2,000 people.

मैं बैले सीखकर बड़ी हुई और जैसे-जैसे बड़ी होती गई, मैंने समकालीन नृत्य (कंटेंपरेरी) अपना लिया। जब मैं छोटी थी, तो शायद मुझे लगता था कि मैं एक बैले नर्तकी बनूँगी, लेकिन एक निश्चित उम्र के बाद, मेरा झुकाव अभिनय की तरफ़ ज़्यादा हो गया।

I grew up learning ballet and then I took up contemporary as I got older. I probably thought I was going to be a ballet dancer when I was younger, but at a certain age, I really was more interested in acting.

I grew up learning ballet and then I took up contemporary as I got older. I probably thought I was going to be a ballet dancer when I was younger, but at a certain age, I really was more interested in acting.

मुझे लगता है कि आप जितने बड़े सपने देखते हैं, अगर वे पूरे न हों, तो गिरने पर चोट भी उतनी ही ज़्यादा लगती है; इसलिए इतने बड़े सपने देखना और महत्वाकांक्षी होना थोड़ा डरावना हो सकता है।

I guess the bigger you dream, the further you have to fall if you don't get it, so it can be a bit of a scary thing to be that ambitious.

I guess the bigger you dream, the further you have to fall if you don't get it, so it can be a bit of a scary thing to be that ambitious.

मुझे लगता है कि मेरे माता-पिता चाहते थे कि मैं कोई बहुत आम सा काम करूँ, एक आम इंसान की तरह नौकरी करूँ और कला की दुनिया की अनिश्चितताओं से दूर रहूँ, लेकिन वे मुझे रोकने के लिए ज़्यादा कुछ नहीं कर पाए। हाई स्कूल की पढ़ाई खत्म होने के बाद एक वक्त पर मैं वकालत की पढ़ाई करने वाली थी, लेकिन अगले ही दिन मेरा दाखिला अभिनय स्कूल में हो गया और फिर मेरे मन में यह सवाल ही नहीं बचा कि मुझे आगे क्या करना है।

I think my parents wanted me to do something very normal, have a normal person job and not be confronted by the instability of an artistic pursuit, but there wasn't really a lot they could do to stop me. I was, at one point, going to go to law school when I finished high school, but the next day I got accepted into acting school and there was no real question in my mind of what I was going to do.

I think my parents wanted me to do something very normal, have a normal person job and not be confronted by the instability of an artistic pursuit, but there wasn't really a lot they could do to stop me. I was, at one point, going to go to law school when I finished high school, but the next day I got accepted into acting school and there was no real question in my mind of what I was going to do.

जब मैंने 'गैट्सबी' की शूटिंग शुरू की थी, तो कैमरे के सामने काम करना मेरे लिए बिल्कुल नया था। इसलिए मैंने तय किया कि मैं ज़्यादा अनुभवी कलाकारों से ज़्यादा से ज़्यादा सीखूँगी। फिल्म के कलाकार बेहद प्रतिभाशाली थे।

I was very new to working in front of the camera when I started shooting Gatsby, so I set myself the mission of gleaning as much information as possible out of the much more experienced actors. The cast was astoundingly talented.

I was very new to working in front of the camera when I started shooting Gatsby, so I set myself the mission of gleaning as much information as possible out of the much more experienced actors. The cast was astoundingly talented.

फिल् फिल्मों में किस करना बस एक और काम है जो आपको करना पड़ता है। सच कहूँ तो, यह दरवाजा खोलने जितना ही तकनीकी हो जाता है।

Kissing in films, it's just another thing you have to do. It kind of becomes as technical as how to open a door, really.

Kissing in films, it's just another thing you have to do. It kind of becomes as technical as how to open a door, really.

हमारा उद्योग तकनीक पर इतना निर्भर है कि अक्सर मैं निर्देशकों से स्काइप पर बात करती हूँ या उन्हें अपने ऑडिशन का वीडियो भेजती हूँ। अब यह इतना आम हो गया है कि कभी-कभी, यहीं होने के बावजूद, मुझे यूके में बने प्रोजेक्ट्स के लिए वीडियो भेजने पड़ते हैं। अब ऐसा नहीं है कि कोई काम किसी तय जगह या सही समय पर ही हो। लॉस एंजिल्स में आधारित प्रोजेक्ट के लिए भी निर्देशक न्यूयार्क में हो सकता है या फिर बुडापेस्ट में शूटिंग कर रहा हो सकता है। मुझे लगता है कि हर कोई इस बात को पूरी तरह स्वीकार कर चुका है कि आजकल लोग दुनिया भर में कहीं भी हो सकते हैं। एक मज़ेदार बात यह है कि आज आप इंटरनेट होने पर दुनिया में कहीं भी रहकर अभिनय कर सकते हैं।

Our industry is so technologically driven that often I Skype with directors or send tapes in to people. It's so common now that sometimes even when I'm here I'll be send tapes for things that are based in the U.K. There's never really a right place, right time anymore. Even something that's L.A. based, the director might be in New York or they might be on location in Budapest. I think everyone's really accepting of the fact that people are all over the world all the time. In a funny way, you can be an actor now and live anywhere, so long as you have internet.

Our industry is so technologically driven that often I Skype with directors or send tapes in to people. It's so common now that sometimes even when I'm here I'll be send tapes for things that are based in the U.K. There's never really a right place, right time anymore. Even something that's L.A. based, the director might be in New York or they might be on location in Budapest. I think everyone's really accepting of the fact that people are all over the world all the time. In a funny way, you can be an actor now and live anywhere, so long as you have internet.

ऑस्ट्रेलियाई कलाकारों के लिए सबसे राहत की बात यह है कि लॉस एंजिल्स में भी उनका एक मज़बूती से बसा समुदाय है—यह ऐसा है मानो आप अपना एक घर बदलकर दूसरा घर बसा रहे हों। मुझे ज़रा भी दबाव महसूस नहीं हुआ।

The comforting thing for Australian actors is that there's a strong community in L.A. as well - it's almost like you swap one home for another. I didn't feel any pressure.

The comforting thing for Australian actors is that there's a strong community in L.A. as well - it's almost like you swap one home for another. I didn't feel any pressure.

कास्टिंग एजेंट या निर्देशक के सामने कमरे में मौजूद होने का अपना ही एक अलग मज़ा होता है। खुद का वीडियो बनाकर भेजने में आप उन चीज़ों की बराबरी नहीं कर सकते, और सामने किसी निर्देशक के होने का यह फायदा मिलता है कि वह आपको निर्देश दे पाता है, जो कि बेहद मददगार होता है। खुद वीडियो रिकॉर्ड करके भेजने का फायदा शायद यह है कि आप अपने समय के मालिक होते हैं। किसी के सामने ऑडिशन देने की बजाय खुद अपना वीडियो बनाना निश्चित रूप से ज़्यादा सुकून भरा होता है, लेकिन मुझे नहीं पता कि यह ज़्यादा बेहतर भी है या नहीं।

There's a lot to be said for being in a room with a casting agent or a director. There are things you can't really replicate when you're self-taping and there's the bonus of having someone to direct you, which is extremely helpful. The benefit of self-taping is, I suppose, being on your own clock. It's certainly more relaxing to self-tape than to audition with someone in the flesh but I don't know if it's necessarily better.

There's a lot to be said for being in a room with a casting agent or a director. There are things you can't really replicate when you're self-taping and there's the bonus of having someone to direct you, which is extremely helpful. The benefit of self-taping is, I suppose, being on your own clock. It's certainly more relaxing to self-tape than to audition with someone in the flesh but I don't know if it's necessarily better.