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

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

Find your own specific voice in filmmaking and go for it. Either people will get it or they won't and that's what it's all about.

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

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.

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