The obsession required to see a feature through from concept to release is not a rational thing to do with your brief time on this planet. Nor is it something to which an intelligent person should aspire.

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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,...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Making your first feature film is actually impossible.

Making your first feature film is actually impossible.

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I support all Australian films.

I support all Australian films.