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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."
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"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."

"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."

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

"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."

"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."

"In a kind of a way there's a bit of that happening now so we have to be careful to preserve our culture."

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