We cheer everyone who goes off to Hollywood and tells American stories but telling Australian stories is the greatest thing you can do.

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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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

Making your first feature film is actually impossible.

Making your first feature film is actually impossible.