We've got so many stories to tell, you know, we could take on the world.

In a kind of a way there's a bit of that happening now so we have to be careful to preserve our culture.

It's an infinite creative universe to explore so why chase conservative options?

Now both my films have been number one at the Australian box office and it took about two years just to get the finance for this film, so if it's hard for me then God help everyone else.

Three years after starting, by physically doing everything from raising the finance to special effects, we'd finally cobbled together our low budget film.

The obsession required to see a feature through from concept to release is not a rational thing to do with your brief time on this planet. Nor is it something to which an intelligent person should aspire.

Making your first feature film is actually impossible.