PRIDE
Career aside, what are you most proud of?
Probably my relationship with my partner Joseph [Moore], who is ultimately my best friend. We work together and we had a lot of hurdles to overcome and
we maintain a sense of fun. It's one of best bits in my life and I feel proud of that and where we have got to. It was a classic New Zealand meeting, we had a one-night stand and it did not work out but then we became friends after that and then we were workmates. It wasn't meant to be at the time, but it was meant to be in the end.
You've been branching out this year work-wise. Are you in a good place?
You have to keep making opportunities for yourself. You can't sit back and wait for it to come to you. The entertainment industry is quite gruelling and quite unforgiving at times. You get a lot of no's in life; you have to keep on keeping on. I was taking a bit of a gap year after high school, I hadn't made it into drama school or anything, and I thought, "maybe I'll be a lifeguard for the rest of my life, that'd probably be fine". And I was like, "no, you've always wanted to perform", and within a month I had made a decision. I quit my job and moved to Auckland. I am proud of sticking with it.
You said you spend a lot of time on Instagram tweaking your captions.
I am always trying to think of the funniest gag I can. I like to buy into the comedy of what is social media at the moment. When we were in LA, I got Joseph to take lots of pictures of me outside Starbucks as if they were paparazzi shots, like a celebrity holding their Starbucks. We're about to go back. We're taking Two Hearts to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and we're coming back home via LA, and will hopefully scope out some work opportunities while we're there.
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