Build into each budget the cost of hiring and don't lump yourself with capital investment.

Film is the most expensive, highest risk industry in the world.

The dichotomy between art and industry is totally dysfunctional in terms of film.

In 1975 Australia was producing things like Picnic at Hanging Rock, in other words films that I would consider still some of the finest products to come out of Australia. I think that our quality now is less than it was then.

We are the only state that does not have a State Film Corporation there to support the commercial industry.

The State Film Authority will be there for film as industry only, as is the case in all the other states, except Victoria. Victoria is moving more now into supporting non-commercial films.

They will open up to what I would call corporate broadcastings where the non-commercial material will have air time. There's no possibility of that here right now, none.