I'm pretty ruthless about that; I think when you sign over your story, you sign over your story.
I just don't see where I could possibly fit in directing a feature.
I grew up on cricket and I think Australian kids are getting so Americanized.
But just playing the partner of someone famous, I had a lot more freedom.
We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama.
I'm developing some screenplays at the moment with my Australian producer.