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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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.

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...

Making your first feature film is actually impossible.

Making your first feature film is actually impossible.

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...

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...

In 1905 Albert discovered Relativity, in 1906 he invented Rock and Roll.

In 1905 Albert discovered Relativity, in 1906 he invented Rock and Roll.

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 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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...