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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?

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...

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...

I support all Australian films.

I support all Australian films.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

It's because we are so flooded with American culture that we're startled when we see...

It's because we are so flooded with American culture that we're startled when we see...

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.

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...

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...