Actor Quote by Deborah Mailman

The Australian film industry is a small industry, so you have to really be flexible within working in different mediums. A lot of actors…

— Deborah Mailman

Like every Aussie actor, I'd rather be working here; it's just we've all been forced to go to the States. Business-wise, as an actor,…

— Travis Fimmel

I'm never there enough to really keep up with what's going on in the Australian film industry. I just try and be part of…

— Guy Pearce

My working history as an actor is definitely in the theatre; it certainly was in Australia.

— Yael Stone

Hollywood is the place to be for actors - and there's just a big rush when an Australian comes over just because there's less…

— Callan McAuliffe

I never studied acting in Australia. I never had an empty stage and black pajamas to run around and express myself.

— Heath Ledger

I think the unemployment rate for actors is pretty much the same in Sydney, London and New York. In all three cities, there are…

— Essie Davis

National film industries tend to move in cycles. In Australia right now, we're on a high, a feeling of potential, which as yet shows…

— Peter Weir

I had agents in Australia; I just never had any auditions. And if you can't audition, then you can't work. I studied there. I…

— Danielle Macdonald

To have a job you can count on as an actor is so rare, whether that means belonging to a regional theater company or…

— Jim Parsons

When you're battling against the minds of the studios and the money that can go into promoting larger budget films, it's very hard for…

— Hugo Weaving

It's obviously a lot more of a political undertaking making a movie in Hollywood and it's a business there. In Australia, they don't expect…

— Andrew Dominik