Matthew Newton

Matt: (on the ups & downs of trying to make it as an actor in Australia) I don't think about it, really. When I'm working, it's the best job in the world. Any stress you get is certainly less than I imagine a mum has who is trying to feed five kids every night!

Matt: I was always going to be an actor. It was a given.

Matt: (on the appeal of the show, Thank God You're Here) There is a purity to that kind of format. You just to let go of so many things because you don't have any time for them when you're up there for three and a half minutes having been thrown into this scenario. I approach it like an actor – trying to work out the circumstances and how I can play a character within those circumstances – and that's the trick I've discovered for myself. If you approach a comedy trying to be funny, you're in a lot of trouble. My favourite comedies are the ones played absolutely straight, so that's the trick I've learnt.