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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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...

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...

Then if your movie clicks with real audiences, you'll be sucked into some sort of...

Then if your movie clicks with real audiences, you'll be sucked into some sort of...

It's an infinite creative universe to explore so why chase conservative options?

It's an infinite creative universe to explore so why chase conservative options?

Making your first feature film is actually impossible.

Making your first feature film is actually impossible.

I just wanted to do this all Australian film and we didn't want to give...

I just wanted to do this all Australian film and we didn't want to give...

Now both my films have been number one at the Australian box office and it...

Now both my films have been number one at the Australian box office and it...

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...

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...

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...

We've got so many stories to tell, you know, we could take on the world.

We've got so many stories to tell, you know, we could take on the world.

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...

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...

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...

Hollywood is horrible... it's beyond satire.

Hollywood is horrible... it's beyond satire.

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...

You go overseas and people are oppressed and scared and worried but we're not like...

You go overseas and people are oppressed and scared and worried but we're not like...

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...

I support all Australian films.

I support all Australian films.

I kind of worry about that a little bit - we lost our film culture...

I kind of worry about that a little bit - we lost our film culture...