Three years after starting, by physically doing everything from raising the finance to special effects, we'd finally cobbled together our low budget film.

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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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

I support all Australian films.

I support all Australian films.

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...

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...

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...

Making your first feature film is actually impossible.

Making your first feature film is actually impossible.

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...

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.

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...