At a very young age I was allowed to go into the cinema and watch adult films.

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.

Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don't manage that - but when an opera does do it, you never forget it.

I wouldn't take a directing job if I didn't think it was enriching life.

The race is long but in the end it is only with YOURSELF.

When you're in theater or the circus or film - to me it's all one - affairs happen. People fall in love.

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.