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It was always easy for me. I was born very rich and lucky.

Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Three years after starting, by physically doing everything from raising the finance to special effects, we'd finally cobbled together our low budget film.

Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts.

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.

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.

Can you imagine what it would be like if all the Aussie film talent was able to make Australian stories?

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

In 1905 Albert discovered Relativity, in 1906 he invented Rock and Roll.

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

While the eyes of the world will be on us let's show everyone that we have a great sense of humour.