I kind of worry about that a little bit - we lost our film culture for 30 years because the Americans came in and bought up all the cinema chains and wouldn't show any Australian films.

In a kind of a way there's a bit of that happening now so we have to be careful to preserve our culture.

It's because we are so flooded with American culture that we're startled when we see ourselves up there on the screen.

I support all Australian films.

Datelines are kind of an anachronism. It's a little bit of an affectation.

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 this film, so if it's hard for me then God help everyone else.