The American formula things are out there but they don't have any stories to tell - we have all the stories to tell - but they're all formula.

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.

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

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.

Hollywood is horrible... it's beyond satire.

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

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

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

Lead by Example, not by showing samples

Creatures of a very particular making, we need to know the cultural blinders that narrow our world view as well as the psychological blinders that narrow our view of our personal experience.

I really have never been concerned about being beautiful on-screen. That's just not my jam.

We often make people pay dearly for what we think we give them.

Usually when you watch a film, you're just sort of biting your nails about things you could have done differently.

I hope I can make some Hollywood-type action films like 'Batman' or 'Spiderman', action films like that. With some wire work, maybe wearing a mask. Like that.

No one would feel embarrassed about seeking help for a child if they broke their arm - and we really should be equally ready to support a child coping with emotional difficulties.

My beauty routine is basically plenty of sleep and lots of water.

I wanted to create a new way of looking at retail.

I always loved comic books and I'm still a great fan of the graphic novel.