So we have to be careful because if you don't protect your culture you won't have it for very long.

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.

Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go on a fantastic journey.

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

Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts.

It was always easy for me. I was born very rich and lucky.

Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.