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

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.

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.

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

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

Making your first feature film is actually impossible.

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