Acting is embarrassing.

I learn the techniques and then take what I need. I have the Essie Davis technique of acting. I'm an instinctive actress.

Film directors don't come to the theatre in Sydney. In London and New York, they do.

Phryne Fisher could walk down the red carpet; Essie Davis is something else.

Even though I love fashion and the red carpet dresses are a great, fun, glorious thing, I don't really have my finger on the pulse, as Phryne Fisher does, of the fashion industry.

I think every character rubs off on you a little bit.