All Yahoo Serious Quotes
- Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts. All
- My background was art school, documentary director and surfer with a keen interest in thrilling acts of life threatening stupidity. Acts
- 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… Aspire
- I kind of worry about that a little bit - we lost our film culture for 30 years because the Americans came in and bought… All
- 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,… Actor
- In 1905 Albert discovered Relativity, in 1906 he invented Rock and Roll. Albert
- In a kind of a way there's a bit of that happening now so we have to be careful to preserve our culture. Bit
- 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… All
- It was always easy for me. I was born very rich and lucky. Always Easy
- It's an infinite creative universe to explore so why chase conservative options? Chase
- It's because we are so flooded with American culture that we're startled when we see ourselves up there on the screen. American
- 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… Australian
- So we have to be careful because if you don't protect your culture you won't have it for very long. Careful
- The journey of your first movie is not just beyond belief it can be truly beyond satire. Belief
- There are a thousand weird untold stories in the Australian film industry, this has been one of them. Australian
- We cheer everyone who goes off to Hollywood and tells American stories but telling Australian stories is the greatest thing you can do. American
- 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… End
- 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… Audience
- Can you imagine what it would be like if all the Aussie film talent was able to make Australian stories? Able
- All the jokes in my films, the comedy, they're not me, I just try to hold a big mirror up to us. All
- Movies are usually difficult, often insane, constantly challenging and always strangely amusing to make. Always Strangely
- The American formula things are out there but they don't have any stories to tell - we have all the stories to tell - but… All
- Find your own specific voice in filmmaking and go for it. Either people will get it or they won't and that's what it's all about. All
- Hollywood is horrible... it's beyond satire. Beyond
- Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go on a fantastic journey. Australians