Australian Quotes · Page 6

It's hard to pinpoint why all of a sudden a group of Australian films will be doing well and why they perhaps…

— Guy Pearce

My husband is Australian, and my family is scattered around the U.K. and France mostly, but we try to get a big…

— Darcey Bussell

The Australian cast of mind is not something I would want to be without - and I couldn't be without. It's not…

— Peter Carey

My mother's Maori, and my father's Australian. I take my strength from both my ancestors, and I'm really privileged.

— Robert Whittaker

Australian people are dope. They're so fun. They want to just have a good time, and they have a great sense of…

— Erin Heatherton

I've turned from an ordinary Australian housewife into a gigastar, icon, talk-show host, swami, spin doctor... and now I'm a style guru!

— Barry Humphries

What's funny is that there's a lot of great Australian actors in American movies but you don't often hear them do their…

— Owen Wilson

The Australian backyard was once built for tradesmen and outdoor toilets. As suburbs spread, it became a playground and source of pride...

— Pete Munro

I don't consciously seek out Australian projects. I put them on the same table as all the other scripts and I wouldn't…

— Eric Bana

Australian genre films were a lot of fun because they were legitimate genre movies. They were real genre films, and they dealt,…

— Quentin Tarantino

My father was a headmaster in England and then the dean of a college in Australia. We moved there when I was…

— Olivia Newton-John

In L.A. Confidential, it was great to surprise the audience with Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe - two Australian actors that they…

— Curtis Hanson

I want to make sure we are presenting to the South Australian people a Government that is open and accountable. I want…

— Jay Weatherill

I want to go to Australia so bad, do comedy there, and see the people there. It's a great country. I have…

— Brad Williams

“(backpacker having conversation with Lizzie the Australian main character) Backpacker: 'What's the drinking age in Australia?' 'eighteen' 'is that enforced' Lizzie thought…

— Catherine Deveny

All of a sudden, there are great Japanese films, or great Italian films, or great Australian films. It's usually because there are…

— Francis Ford Coppola

If I were asked about what to do about the level of insecurity and anxiety in contemporary Australian society, I wouldn't start…

— Hugh Mackay

For Indigenous Australians, equal rights and citizenship have not always translated into full participation in Australian society. All Indigenous Australians have only…

— Jackie Huggins

Let's be frank: if there are hardened terrorists [Australian] who are fighting overseas, we don't want to see those people come back…

— George Brandis

Australia's arid western region, from the town of Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean coast, is a beautiful, haunting, but largely empty…

— Robyn Davidson

I'm an Australian. And I'm speaking generally here, but Australians in general aren't patriotic or nationalistic. Our country was built by immigrants.…

— John Hillcoat

That was an extremely unhelpful thing for Bill Shorten to say because those of us - and as the Attorney-General I've been…

— George Brandis

Modern novels have become part of the do-it-yourself business, and they come in a very small number of standard kits. (...) In…

— David Pryce-Jones

I think there is a kind of laconic Australian leg-pulling sense of humor that is certainly in some of my stories, or…

— Garth Nix

Making jokes is about the most wrong and stupid thing a bemused, middle-aged, white heterosexual Anglo Saxon sort of Celt Australian male…

— Michael Leunig

“The rise of the global middle class will pave the way for a new golden age in Australian society.”

— Asher Judah

I really miss Australia. I miss eating fish n' chips, oh my God, and Australian pies and the wonderful corner shops.

— Luke Hemsworth

The Australian approach to playing cricket in general is quite an aggressive one.

— Glenn McGrath

It is Australian innocence to love The naturally excessive and be proud Of a thoroughbred gelding who ran fast.

— Peter Porter

Public service and respect for ideas is a recurrent theme in both the American and Australian sides of my family.

— Bill Drayton

I don't think any Australian will ever forget, there will never be a Carbon Tax under a government I lead.

— Nigel Scullion

In some ways, Australian fans are more dedicated and more enthusiastic than some of our most loyal fans in the U.S.

— Isaac Hanson

I have a TV Soap Boomerang award, and I always start my year with the Australian Open tennis! Tennis, soccer, you name…

— Doug Davidson

If you find an Australian indoors, it's a fair bet that he will have a glass in his hand.

— Jonathan Aitken

Being Australian, I sometimes feel I'll never walk into a dressing room and get that instant credibility because of where I'm from.

— Angelos Postecoglou

What I believe to be every Australian's right - a good, safe job with proper pay and conditions.

— Bill Shorten

Did you know? Its impossible to say Good Eye Might without sounding Australian? LIKE if you tried :)

— Becca

'Mullygrubber' is an Australian term which means something that creeps along the ground; it's like a little grub.

— Richie Benaud

The Australian Open attracts one of the most competitive line-ups in the world and I’m looking forward to putting the heat on…

— Mark Philippoussis

Anybody who achieves what Malcolm Fraser achieved in his life deserves respect as a quite extraordinary Australian.

— Paul Keating