Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go on a fantastic journey.
In 1905 Albert discovered Relativity, in 1906 he invented Rock and Roll.
We've got so many stories to tell, you know, we could take on the world.
My background was art school, documentary director and surfer with a keen interest in thrilling acts of life threatening stupidity.
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.
It was always easy for me. I was born very rich and lucky.
You go overseas and people are oppressed and scared and worried but we're not like that... we're more like my films and how people come out at the end of seeing them - they feel good.
It's an infinite creative universe to explore so why chase conservative options?
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.
All the jokes in my films, the comedy, they're not me, I just try to hold a big mirror up to us.
I support all Australian films.
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.
Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.
So we have to be careful because if you don't protect your culture you won't have it for very long.
While the eyes of the world will be on us let's show everyone that we have a great sense of humour.
The journey of your first movie is not just beyond belief it can be truly beyond satire.
Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts.
Three years after starting, by physically doing everything from raising the finance to special effects, we'd finally cobbled together our low budget film.
Making your first feature film is actually impossible.
I don't know what it means to be out there against the Olympics.
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.
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.
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.
Movies are usually difficult, often insane, constantly challenging and always strangely amusing to make.
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