All the jokes in my films, the comedy, they're not me, I just try to hold a big mirror up to us.
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Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go on a fantastic journey.
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Can you imagine what it would be like if all the Aussie film talent was able to make Australian stories?
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Find your own specific voice in filmmaking and go for it. Either people will get it or they won't and that's what it's all about.
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Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.
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Hollywood is horrible... it's beyond satire.
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I don't know what it means to be out there against the Olympics.
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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.
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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.
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I support all Australian films.
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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.
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In 1905 Albert discovered Relativity, in 1906 he invented Rock and Roll.
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In a kind of a way there's a bit of that happening now so we have to be careful to preserve our culture.
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It was always easy for me. I was born very rich and lucky.
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It's an infinite creative universe to explore so why chase conservative options?
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It's because we are so flooded with American culture that we're startled when we see ourselves up there on the screen.
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Making your first feature film is actually impossible.
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Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts.
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Movies are usually difficult, often insane, constantly challenging and always strangely amusing to make.
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My background was art school, documentary director and surfer with a keen interest in thrilling acts of life threatening stupidity.
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