While the eyes of the world will be on us let's show everyone that we have a great sense of humour.

My background was art school, documentary director and surfer with a keen interest in thrilling acts of life threatening stupidity.

We cheer everyone who goes off to Hollywood and tells American stories but telling Australian stories is the greatest thing you can do.

There are a thousand weird untold stories in the Australian film industry, this has been one of them.

If government and media and all of us in the Australian tribe got together, and the rock industry, we'd just be the greatest cultural force the world has ever seen - we're such an amazing race.

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

The journey of your first movie is not just beyond belief it can be truly beyond satire.