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.

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.

Making your first feature film is actually impossible.

We've got so many stories to tell, you know, we could take on the world.

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

Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go on a fantastic journey.

Movies are usually difficult, often insane, constantly challenging and always strangely amusing to make.