Everything I make starts very personally.

I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.

When I was growing up you would see big American films that really mythologised their landscape, that really showed the vastness and the drama of their country.

The ugly duckling is a misunderstood universal myth. It's not about turning into a blonde Barbie doll or becoming what you dream of being; it's about self-revelation, becoming who you are.

One of the great things about Sydney is that it has a great acceptance of everyone and everything. It's an incredibly tolerant city, a city with a huge multicultural basis.

The food in Sydney is an Asian Pacific cuisine. It's eclectic but above all it's fresh, inventive and creative and that's what I love about it.

Why live life from dream to dream, and dread the day when dreaming ends.