In very general terms 'Top Of The Lake' is about good and evil. It's a deep dark mystery. It also deals with lots of fascinating human relationships, and it's also about the battle of the sexes.

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.

Some people would say I've made it now.

I would love to direct a feature and have Robert Connolly produce it. That would be really fab.

I've ended up spending more time in front of a camera than on stage, but the stage is where I come from.

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

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.