I am always worried when someone says, 'This is perfect.'

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.

Accept certain inalienable truths.

The cold-audition process is not a science, so I ignore that.

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.

So, what is creative freedom? We can make what we want, how we want. The only constraint is: not for any budget.

If Paris is a city of lights, Sydney is the city of fireworks.