I always think the really unfortunate thing about the Australian film industry is its lack of momentum. And I don't mean this in a derogatory way. I'm always wanting it to pick up momentum, and I'm wondering if that's even possible.

Most of the time when I'm in Australia I'm not really working, it seems. I'm just at home, getting on with renovating my house or writing music or whatever. So I get back to doing all the stuff that I naturally do. Whereas if I'm away working, that's all there is to do, is to concentrate on the work.

The thing I've come to learn is that what's great about small independent films is the intimacy and the communication that occurs when you're making them.

I went through a period where I just wanted to punch everybody. Since then, I've had a lot of therapy and I've figured a lot of things out.

I tend to project my father figure onto any director that I'm working with, or mother, if I'm working with a female, or it can be confused.

English is no problem for me because I am actually English. My whole family are English; I was brought up listening to various forms of the English accent.

Comic-strip stuff isn't really my cup of tea, really.