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> [Oh yeah - I watched Knife in the Water, saw the shot, and repeated it. But even if I hadn't seen that film, inevitably the camera would've ended up on top of that mast, I mean if you think of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-noyce/oh-yeah-i-watched-knife-in-the-water-saw-the-shot-and-repeated-it-but/)

[Phillip Noyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-noyce/)

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## More by Phillip Noyce

> [There were a couple Aborigines in my primary school, but we never spoke to them. They kept to themselves, and we never really even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-noyce/there-were-a-couple-aborigines-in-my-primary-school-but-we-never/)

[Phillip Noyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-noyce/)

> [People just don't laugh when their family is violated, and you don't shrug it off. You band together and you defend together. It's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-noyce/people-just-don-t-laugh-when-their-family-is-violated-and-you-don-t/)

[Phillip Noyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-noyce/)

> [The more she rejected us the more convinced I was that she was another version of the real Molly, her disdain for authority, her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-noyce/the-more-she-rejected-us-the-more-convinced-i-was-that-she-was/)

[Phillip Noyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-noyce/)

> [Whites were the winners, blacks were the losers, we wrote the history books, and they didn't feature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-noyce/whites-were-the-winners-blacks-were-the-losers-we-wrote-the-history/)

[Phillip Noyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-noyce/)

> [Most Australians live in the cities on the east coast, where contact between black and white occurred as much as 200 years earlier than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-noyce/most-australians-live-in-the-cities-on-the-east-coast-where-contact/)

[Phillip Noyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-noyce/)

> [The children, each of those kids is in touch with nature and traditional aboriginal culture so a very important part of getting performances from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-noyce/the-children-each-of-those-kids-is-in-touch-with-nature-and/)

[Phillip Noyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-noyce/)

> [I no longer knew what it was like to feel Australian.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-noyce/i-no-longer-knew-what-it-was-like-to-feel-australian/)

[Phillip Noyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-noyce/)

> [After working for years in Hollywood where the actors have taken over, it was a real relief to get down there and not only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-noyce/after-working-for-years-in-hollywood-where-the-actors-have-taken-over/)

[Phillip Noyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-noyce/)

> [Obviously all of us have thought about Vietnam, particularly in my generation in Australia that were part of conscription and fought there. Our friends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-noyce/obviously-all-of-us-have-thought-about-vietnam-particularly-in-my/)

[Phillip Noyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-noyce/)

> [I remembered the 500 people that lived on a reserve outside my little town, behind a big fence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-noyce/i-remembered-the-500-people-that-lived-on-a-reserve-outside-my-little/)

[Phillip Noyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-noyce/)

> [A collection of huts surrounded by a barbed wire fence, and in the huts lived 500 of the original inhabitants of our area. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-noyce/a-collection-of-huts-surrounded-by-a-barbed-wire-fence-and-in-the/)

[Phillip Noyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-noyce/)

> [Making movies is eating candy. It's a very expensive candy, so you value when you can do it. So when you can do it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-noyce/making-movies-is-eating-candy-it-s-a-very-expensive-candy-so-you/)

[Phillip Noyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-noyce/)

> [So when I read this story, it unlocked a volcano of unanswered questions, because the questions had never been asked. It was an opportunity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-noyce/so-when-i-read-this-story-it-unlocked-a-volcano-of-unanswered/)

[Phillip Noyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-noyce/)

> [Well, I don't know what they'll turn out to be, but I'm working on a film of Kon Tiki.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-noyce/well-i-don-t-know-what-they-ll-turn-out-to-be-but-i-m-working-on-a/)

[Phillip Noyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-noyce/)

> [Oh yeah - I watched Knife in the Water, saw the shot, and repeated it. But even if I hadn't seen that film, inevitably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-noyce/oh-yeah-i-watched-knife-in-the-water-saw-the-shot-and-repeated-it-but/)

[Phillip Noyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-noyce/)

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