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“We live in a time where government is not a leadership thing, it's more a business that's out there and running riot, so I guess the people have to go out there and say stuff.”
“I don't know what it means to be out there against the Olympics.”
“It's because we are so flooded with American culture that we're startled when we see ourselves up there on the screen.”
“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.”
“My background was art school, documentary director and surfer with a keen interest in thrilling acts of life threatening stupidity.”
“In 1905 Albert discovered Relativity, in 1906 he invented Rock and Roll.”
“Hollywood is horrible... it's beyond satire.”
“Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go on a fantastic journey.”
“It was always easy for me. I was born very rich and lucky.”
“There are a thousand weird untold stories in the Australian film industry, this has been one of them.”
“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.”
“We've got so many stories to tell, you know, we could take on the world.”