I feel a kinship with anyone who feels that their road, their life or who they really are is not good enough. I really relate to that.

All good, clean stories are melodrama, it's just the set of devices that determines how you show or hide it.

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.

I grew up around jazz. I love jazz.

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.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.