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There are a thousand weird untold stories in the Australian film industry, this has been one of them. (Yahoo Serious)
Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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My background was art school, documentary director and surfer with a keen interest in thrilling acts of life threatening stupidity. View quote
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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. View quote
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Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go on a fantastic journey. View quote
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In 1905 Albert discovered Relativity, in 1906 he invented Rock and Roll. View quote
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We've got so many stories to tell, you know, we could take on the world. View quote
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All the jokes in my films, the comedy, they're not me, I just try to hold a big mirror up to us. (Yahoo Serious)
I don't know what it means to be out there against the Olympics. View quote
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We cheer everyone who goes off to Hollywood and tells American stories but telling Australian stories is the greatest thing you can do. View quote
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I support all Australian films. View quote
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It was always easy for me. I was born very rich and lucky. View quote
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Making your first feature film is actually impossible. View quote
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Three years after starting, by physically doing everything from raising the finance to special effects, we'd finally cobbled together our low budget film. View quote
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The journey of your first movie is not just beyond belief it can be truly beyond satire. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film. (Yahoo Serious)
It's an infinite creative universe to explore so why chase conservative options? View quote
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So we have to be careful because if you don't protect your culture you won't have it for very long. View quote
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While the eyes of the world will be on us let's show everyone that we have a great sense of humour. View quote
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It's because we are so flooded with American culture that we're startled when we see ourselves up there on the screen. View quote
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Occupation: Australian Director
Born: July 27, 1953
Quotes count: 33