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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."
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"They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar."

"Ancient eschatological texts are actually maps of the inner territories of the psyche that seem to transcend race and culture and originate in the collective unconscious."

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"I don't think anyone could write about another culture and get it 100 percent accurate."

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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."

"It's because we are so flooded with American culture that we're startled when we see ourselves up there on the screen."

"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."

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

"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."

"Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go on a fantastic journey."

"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."

"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."
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