The American formula things are out there but they don't have any stories to tell - we have all the stories to tell - but they're all formula.

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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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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,...

Making your first feature film is actually impossible.

Making your first feature film is actually impossible.

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...

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...

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...

My background was art school, documentary director and surfer with a keen interest in thrilling...

My background was art school, documentary director and surfer with a keen interest in thrilling...

The journey of your first movie is not just beyond belief it can be truly...

The journey of your first movie is not just beyond belief it can be truly...

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?

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...