I was 11 when a teacher suggested to my parents that they should send me to drama classes to curb my disruptive ways in the classroom. The next Saturday I was acting, and thereafter it became a ritual of my… — David Wenham Copy Share Image
My biggest ambition when I was younger was to appear on stage at what was then Nimrod, which is the theatre where my father used to take me on Sunday afternoons to see matinees. The most extraordinary things used to… — David Wenham Copy Share Image
I always loved putting on shows - when you're the youngest of seven and five are older sisters, you've got to get noticed somehow!… — David Wenham Copy Share Image
I used to do impersonations: Harry Butler in the wild, or I'd do Gough Whitlam. — David Wenham Copy Share Image
Listening and hearing are two different things, and acting is comprehending what the person is saying, thinking how it makes you feel and responding.… — David Wenham Copy Share Image
In all honesty, if somebody asked me the secret of auditioning for Americans, I don't know. Often, I do what's called self-taping for America.… — David Wenham Copy Share Image
As we mature and grow older we collect a lot of baggage, and a lot of that stuff you collect on life's journey gets… — David Wenham Copy Share Image
Some people have heard of The Method, which originally goes back to Stanislavski... he gave you six major pointers whereby you became that character… — David Wenham Copy Share Image
People who have never done theatre before, and have only worked in front of a camera, would find it very difficult, I think, to… — David Wenham Copy Share Image
I'd love to work with the people who really got the film industry going again through the '70s: Peter Weir, Bruce Beresford, Gillian Armstrong,… — David Wenham Copy Share Image
I've ended up spending more time in front of a camera than on stage, but the stage is where I come from. — David Wenham Copy Share Image
