There are a thousand weird untold stories in the Australian film industry, this has been one of them.

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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...

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...

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.

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...

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,...

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.

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...

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 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...

I support all Australian films.

I support all Australian films.

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 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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...