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" I know the power of going to Mount St. Helens, and to see that level of devastation is quite something - the power of tsunamis, etc. But it's human cruelty, the base level of humanity, that scares me most. "

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" Social media, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter - I steer away from them. They're alienating us socially as well as bringing us together. "

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" Everyone has a family, even if they're at war or fallen apart. It's the closest initial bond, and there's a sort of primal element to that. Your primary relationships are formed out of family. "

" Basically, I frittered away the Nineties making pop videos and being pretty self-indulgent. "

" For all the spectacle of CGI, there's something alien and unreal about that domain, like a videogame. "

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" When you have a major movie star, and then they're surrounded by local extras, it takes me out or makes me more conscious of what's going on, as opposed to losing myself in the movie. "

" I have very mixed feelings about big corporations. Oftentimes, they're more troublesome than not. "

" I love 'Alien' and 'Blade Runner' and '2001.' "

" I like the realism of anti-heroes. It's a healthy thing. I think heroes can be very unhealthy at times because it doesn't connect you to reality. "

" We talk about that a lot: how, when you're under pressure, it brings out the best and the worst in people. "

" I love working with ensemble groups of actors. "

" I love strong women. "

" I've realized I've become a bit reactive to each film I do. After 'The Road,' I was desperate to do something that had color and warmth to it and a stronger sense of community. "

" I like to do commercials that are more than just flogging a product. It needs to have something to say. It's always an opportunity for a director to say something substantial and interesting. "

" Film has its own innate poetry. "

" I love the sci-fi movies where it's from the point of view of humans in that situation... When it becomes too clever in its ideas, the cyber-punk, high-tech thing, it becomes more about something else. "

" My own personal aesthetic is all to do with real actors and real locations and a kind of almost hyper reality and actuality to things. But the digital world, I explore that through other mediums, with music videos and commercials. Even 'The Road' was a real learning curve for me with digital effects. "

" It's such an intense thing to make a film. "

" I always try and find a place for Guy Pearce. The great thing about him is he's so versatile, and I wouldn't work with an actor that much if it weren't for the fact that he had so much versatility. "

" It's the murkiness of humanity that I find endlessly fascinating. "

" I'm an Australian. And I'm speaking generally here, but Australians in general aren't patriotic or nationalistic. Our country was built by immigrants. So, by my experience, I've seen the way immigration has transformed nations. They are the key people who quite literally build civilizations, be it culturally or musically. "

" Radiohead showed a real affinity to being bold with visual imagery, so it came as no surprise when Jonny Greenwood did 'There Will Be Blood.' "

" Any way you want to slice it, the thing about the apocalypse is, since the beginning of time, it's the projection of mankind's worst fear. The day that, as a race, our number is up. "

" There is a capacity for violence we all harbour, and under certain circumstances, it comes out. "

" Bands are actively seeking more film involvement - because the days of recording albums and MTV and even touring, to some extent, are gone. "

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