In a perfect world, I would love to do one play for every three movies.

I'm a very political person, and I make political choices in my movies.

We were talking about the kissing in the movie just recently. Clearly, it's pretty challenging material, but Ang said two men herding sheep was far more sexual than two men having sex on screen.

My mum raised us on classic movies and a lot of musical theatre.

I like the conscious manipulation that a great director can have. When you're both complicit in the manipulation of an emotion.

Dad, I may not be the best, but I come to believe that I got it in me to be somebody in this world. And it's not because I'm so different from you either. It's because I'm the same. I mean, I can be just as hard-headed, and just as tough. I only hope I can be as good a man as you.

There are standards. I like to be prepared, I guess I should say - that type of pressure of, "All right, now you go with abandon," you know. Now when you're in it, you let go of all the things - that's what happens when you're onstage.