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" Comic-strip stuff isn't really my cup of tea, really. "

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" I'll generally write out every scene that's in the film on a couple of pieces of paper, just with a little one-line. And then I can scan it a bit and go, 'This first third of the film, generally, I'm kind of calm.' Then I might do something on one piece of paper that just relates to the energy of the character. "

" The movie industry is very competitive, and if you're like me and you suffer from your own insecurities about whether or not you're any good, that can be troubling. "

" I went through a period where I just wanted to punch everybody. Since then, I've had a lot of therapy and I've figured a lot of things out. "

" I suffer from overheating quite easily. "

" I always think the really unfortunate thing about the Australian film industry is its lack of momentum. And I don't mean this in a derogatory way. I'm always wanting it to pick up momentum, and I'm wondering if that's even possible. "

" I wish I had the ability to crack wise, generally. You know, without getting punched. There's no way I could do it while getting beaten up. Definitely. "

" Success comes in waves. "

" The thrill of coming home has never changed. "

" Growing up, I was a kid pretending to be an adult. "

" If I'm exhausted, physically and particularly emotionally, I can't tell what's good and I can't tell what's bad and I'm useless. "

" I think a lot of actors take on fun roles and then they're lazy or flippant with them. I just can't do that. "

" I'm interested in the psychological exploration of human nature, and it just happens to come in the form of film-making. "

" Having a partner who has nothing to do with Hollywood helps keep things in perspective. "

" I think when people are repressing things, or burying things, that can manifest in all sorts of ways. "

" Doing that hunt scene was really quite demanding. I actually broke a rib during that scene. And then all the scenes after that became quite challenging, just breathing and laughing. "

" Funny enough, if you are looking at people these days who are putting Botox in their face and getting all sorts of plastic surgery, we look at them and go, I can tell you've had Botox. I can tell you've had plastic surgery. You look really strange to me. But no one's saying anything. We're just accepting the fact that they're strange-looking. "

" It's hard to pinpoint why all of a sudden a group of Australian films will be doing well and why they perhaps are better made than some from the past. "

" I feel I do my best work when it's all there on the page, and I feel that the character is very vivid as I read the script and I'm not having to create stuff and trying to cobble together something. If I have to do that, then I don't entirely trust what I'm doing. "

" I grew up with such an affinity to cats. I adore the way that they think and operate. "

" I grew up doing musicals. I've done so many musicals in my life, I kind of got them out of my system. But, I certainly would be open to them. Rocky Horror Show is a big favorite of mine. "

" On stage, you've got dialogue you've learned. You've got a paying audience. It couldn't be better, you know? "

" Every time you say yes to a film there's a certain percentage of your yes that has to do with the director, a certain percentage to do with the story, a certain percentage with the character, the location, etc. "

" When you're promoting a film it's really interesting trying to gauge what people think about it. "

" A lot of people are going to hate me for saying this, but one of my least favorite kinds of music, or the kind of music that I feel I've so got out of my system, is musicals music. "

" You never say never, but I don't think I'd want to do a long-running series. "

" The thing I've come to learn is that what's great about small independent films is the intimacy and the communication that occurs when you're making them. "

" I always look at films as real stories with real people in real situations. That's why I struggle with the whole notion of calling someone the 'good guy' or the 'bad guy', because I think we all have potential to do good things and all have the potential to do bad things. "

" Where do you even draw the line between genres? "

" The majority of people who join law enforcement are doing it for good, moral reasons, but then there are the few who get through, where you go, 'Whoa, hold on a second. What's this guy doing here?' "

" Working on films where the money's more important than the creativity, I just get a bit freaked out by that. I just don't feel comfortable. "