All the jokes in my films, the comedy, they're not me, I just try to hold a big mirror up to us. |
As director I got to vacuum the crew bedrooms, as producer I carried out the garbage. |
Australian kids could then grow up and love their own culture and not have to love Hollywood or Disneyland culture. |
Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go on a fantastic journey. |
But what happens is that people try set us (the film makers) against each other, and yet the enemy is outside. |
By staunch resolve we'd kept creative control all the way which resulted in an original movie with a contemporary Australian voice. |
Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film. |
Hollywood is horrible... it's beyond satire. |
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 creative control to overseas 'cause whoever comes on my sets, whether you're sweeping the floor or an actor, it doesn't matter who comes up with the ideas, it's a collaboration. |
I kind of worry about that a little bit - we lost our film culture for 30 years because the Americans came in and bought up all the cinema chains and wouldn't show any Australian films. |
I support all Australian films. |
I think we (the Australian film industry) is always in crisis but I think there needs to be a level playing field in which to make our films, which there isn't. |
I think we have an optimistic view of the world. I think we're a very positive race, and I think we're very egalitarian - we give everyone a fair go. |
If government and media and all of us in the Australian tribe got together, and the rock industry, we'd just be the greatest cultural force the world has ever seen - we're such an amazing race. |