Debra Lawrence new interview

[j.laur5]

Interesting interview and sounds  like Debra Lawrence was never planning on staying long term even if she did stay living in Sydney and sounds like she already decided that she was going to leave next time her contact was up before she and Dennis decided move to Melbourne.

Maybe Debra wasn’t sure if there was much more to do with Pippa character that wasn’t already done  and perhaps she wasn’t happy with her husband no longer being there. 

[cymbaline]

Nice find 

Any time I hear Debra talking about her career in general, her pragmatism about money comes through. It's understandable when you consider what a precarious profession acting is, and how erratic the industry is in Australia. I think she values her time on Home and Away more for how it benefited her private and professional life than the role of Pippa itself. Dennis being gone probably made it easier for her to leave, but I don't think it made a huge difference to the timeline. I believe her when she says she wanted to spend more time near her mum (sometimes people spin yarns like this to cover up other issues). Perhaps her daughter starting school, and the hope that she would finally have another baby were also on her mind. I find her move to London for a year to be quite interesting too. That's quite an adventure for somebody of her age.