What takes courage: no make - up. No make - up at all. Like The Matrix. I did the matrix and they had a rule all the characters in The Matrix, except the leads, of course, wore absolutely nothing on their face.

I think it's very important for Arts Ministers to purchase art, to attend art, to validate art.

Having a situation where you have got in conflict with your suppliers all the time is not a great place to be.

I think I've always been much better at responding kind of reasonably appropriately to whatever is required.

What takes courage: no make - up. No make - up at all. Like The Matrix. I did the matrix and they had a rule all the characters in The Matrix, except the leads, of course, wore absolutely nothing on their face.

Quite often I play roles that require quite a degree of emotional exposure, and they can be very difficult to do.

The country has to change. Productivity in Australia more generally has got to improve. Some of the highest manufacturing costs in the world are coming out of Australia.