Jodi Gordon

I don't want to do that anymore.

I feel like there's always a little bit of an actress in me and I see it in my daughter too.

But in terms of...

You know, I think the thread that runs through all of it is my interest and obsession with human behavior.

So whether that's playing a character as an actor or understanding how our brains are working and why we do the things we do.

A really great mentor has helped me see that thread that's been through all of my different parts of my career and how it actually all links up.

And it's like, of course, I've gone from being an actor to a counselor and working in mental health.

It really makes sense to me when someone pointed that out.

But yeah, always a little bit of an actress in me.

I'm anonymous in my role.

So there's this beautiful kind of barrier of anonymity between me and anyone that I work with.

which is really refreshing.

It's been refreshing for me to develop, like, my skills and my professional skills and things like that, but also to not have that point of distraction come into a session.

And so I think that, you know, when people have said to me, you know, when are you coming back on Home and Away or Neighbours or, you know, it's such a joy.

I loved playing those two characters.

And nine years in Australian television...

collectively playing those two girls it's like they've there's part of them in me that i get to carry still i've heard other people like kate talk about that with her character and it it is i think when you've played characters for a really long period of time there's a bit of transference i think between the two you and them and them and you so

I just got goosebumps.

Yeah, you're very right, because I think...

When I auditioned for Home and Away, I remember Chris Hemsworth was in the audition room and I was just like, oh my gosh, what am I getting myself into here?