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

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

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.

So we have to be careful because if you don't protect your culture you won't have it for very long.

The American formula things are out there but they don't have any stories to tell - we have all the stories to tell - but they're all formula.

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