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.

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

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

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.

I just wanted to do this all Australian film and we didn't want to give creative control to overseas 'cause whoever comes on my sets, whether you're sweeping the floor or an actor, it doesn't matter who comes up with the ideas, it's a collaboration.

Making your first feature film is actually impossible.

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