It's because we are so flooded with American culture that we're startled when we see ourselves up there on the screen.

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The American formula things are out there but they don't have any stories to tell...

The American formula things are out there but they don't have any stories to tell...

I support all Australian films.

I support all Australian films.

In a kind of a way there's a bit of that happening now so we...

In a kind of a way there's a bit of that happening now so we...

We cheer everyone who goes off to Hollywood and tells American stories but telling Australian...

We cheer everyone who goes off to Hollywood and tells American stories but telling Australian...

Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts.

Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts.

If government and media and all of us in the Australian tribe got together, and...

If government and media and all of us in the Australian tribe got together, and...

We live in a time where government is not a leadership thing, it's more a...

We live in a time where government is not a leadership thing, it's more a...

I don't know what it means to be out there against the Olympics.

I don't know what it means to be out there against the Olympics.

There are a thousand weird untold stories in the Australian film industry, this has been...

There are a thousand weird untold stories in the Australian film industry, this has been...

The obsession required to see a feature through from concept to release is not a...

The obsession required to see a feature through from concept to release is not a...

Find your own specific voice in filmmaking and go for it. Either people will get...

Find your own specific voice in filmmaking and go for it. Either people will get...

All the jokes in my films, the comedy, they're not me, I just try to...

All the jokes in my films, the comedy, they're not me, I just try to...

Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.

Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.

Can you imagine what it would be like if all the Aussie film talent was...

Can you imagine what it would be like if all the Aussie film talent was...

So we have to be careful because if you don't protect your culture you won't...

So we have to be careful because if you don't protect your culture you won't...

Three years after starting, by physically doing everything from raising the finance to special effects,...

Three years after starting, by physically doing everything from raising the finance to special effects,...

It was always easy for me. I was born very rich and lucky.

It was always easy for me. I was born very rich and lucky.

Movies are usually difficult, often insane, constantly challenging and always strangely amusing to make.

Movies are usually difficult, often insane, constantly challenging and always strangely amusing to make.

While the eyes of the world will be on us let's show everyone that we...

While the eyes of the world will be on us let's show everyone that we...

Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go...

Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go...