All the jokes in my films, the comedy, they're not me, I just try to hold a big mirror up to us.

All the jokes in my films, the comedy, they're not me, I just try to hold a big mirror up to us.

Then if your movie clicks with real audiences, you'll be sucked into some sort of Hollywood orbit. It's a devil of a place where the only religion that really counts is box office.

Making your first feature film is actually impossible.

I kind of worry about that a little bit - we lost our film culture for 30 years because the Americans came in and bought up all the cinema chains and wouldn't show any Australian films.

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.

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