Well you just have to own it, I suppose. Own the character, which is difficult.

Id love to work with the people who really got the film industry going again through the 70s: Peter Weir, Bruce Beresford, Gillian Armstrong, Fred Schepisi.

Listening and hearing are two different things, and acting is comprehending what the person is saying, thinking how it makes you feel and responding. That's the key to really honest, truthful, compelling performance.

I think actors do make really, really wonderful directors.

Australia is a phenomenally beautiful country, and every time I go away and come back, it never ceases to amaze me.

I'm becoming a frustrated director, I think, in an actor's body.

I think you have to find the humanity in the character and then the deterioration is a part of the process - the journey of the character. It's like playing King Lear. You can start off as a nice old man who finishes up crazy.