Hollywood is horrible... it's beyond satire.

The journey of your first movie is not just beyond belief it can be truly beyond satire.

It's not the Olympics that are the problem, it's these big, horrible, formula, factory American comedies that are out there bashing our tiny, little film industry and when you're trying to celebrate the Australian culture you've got all this trash coming in there.

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 only religion that really counts is box office.

Australian kids could then grow up and love their own culture and not have to love Hollywood or Disneyland culture.

We cheer everyone who goes off to Hollywood and tells American stories but telling Australian stories is the greatest thing you can do.