Jonathan LaPaglia

I have an old car that I've rebuilt myself - a 1973 Dodge Challenger - and I also have a 1967 Pontiac GTO.

— Jonathan LaPaglia

Acting for me was hard enough without having to think of the accent. And also, when I was auditioning for stuff I…

— Jonathan LaPaglia

I thought I was clever by greeting casting agents in my Australian accent and then switching to an American one during the…

— Jonathan LaPaglia

I just couldn't imagine hitting a child. But in 'The Slap' it's an extreme situation. You have to ask yourself - would…

— Jonathan LaPaglia

Shortly after I started working as a doctor, I decided to listen to the voice inside me before it was too late.…

— Jonathan LaPaglia

When I was at school, you had to choose; there was a lot of pressure to assimilate. You were an Aussie, or…

— Jonathan LaPaglia

In primary school I was terrible. I don't think I was particularly well behaved in high school, but I started to apply…

— Jonathan LaPaglia

I think it's unreasonable to expect kids at 17 to know what they want to do with the rest of their lives.…

— Jonathan LaPaglia

As an actor, you want new challenges. U.S. TV can be very formulaic. So when something gets a reaction, as 'The Slap'…

— Jonathan LaPaglia

The movie industry has collapsed into two types of film - the $100 million blockbuster or the small independent film of $1…

— Jonathan LaPaglia

Unfortunately, I have two facets to my makeup, and that is both scientific and artistic. By doing medicine, I was only answering…

— Jonathan LaPaglia