Both my parents are English and I was born in West Africa, and I moved around as a kid, lived in Bristol, lived in Buckinghamshire and Surrey as a kid, and then moved when I was 16.

I still, by and large, make low-budget Australian films.

When you're a kid you have this sense of wonder and wholeness and a strong sense of your own identity.

I guess I judge my films by how pleased I am with the work I do, so it's kind of on another level. If they do well at the box office, then that's great. Then I'm really pleased about that too.

It's great to blow the image that people have of me out of the water.

People are more likely to pass me on the street without recognizing me, and that's good.

It's a real pleasure to go to work when you're in the most extraordinary surroundings, and working with people who are young and interested and creatively keen.