The British needlewoman follows blindly where the merchant leads.

Most independent filmmakers in Britain and North America work for commercial crews and then have their own projects when they've got enough money saved up to do so.

I see any production of any nature being good for the development of the whole industry.

You have always had individual directors who begin in the advertising or commercial world, but they are probably exceptions rather than the traditional pattern.

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.

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

Any new producer starting up is to get investors' confidence. Investors are still very very wary of anything to do with the arts world.