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" Men often still expect women to be under their thumb. "

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" 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. "

" I am geared towards communicating on a female level. "

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

" You would think that with ten super-famous people in one movie, it's gonna be ten times more popular or viewed, but on some level, they can cancel each other out. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm constantly trying to be as original as I can. "

" I've always been resistant to parties and schmoozing. "

" I don't really relate to certain blokey men who just want to talk about blokey things. I never really know what to say and I always feel I have to act blokey in order to have them not say, 'You're a weirdo.' "

" 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. "

" My problem is I'm an addictive personality. I can't have one coffee. I can't eat one piece of chocolate. "

" 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 tend to project my father figure onto any director that I'm working with, or mother, if I'm working with a female, or it can be confused. "

" The thrill of coming home has never changed. "

" A movie that gets a PG-13 rating can show someone running down a street killing 27 people. And there are no repercussions. "

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

" 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. "

" The reality is that we have all these awards and all these festivals that give out awards, so you sort of go, 'okay, well, people liked the film, and I think it's a good film, and it's up for an award - well, I guess it should win the award then.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I've been asked to do action-oriented movies in the past and they just haven't been right for me. "

" I don't enjoy movies in 3D. I find I can't engage with the story as well. "

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

" 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. "

" 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?' "

" 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. "

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

" 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 just can't talk about things before I do them, because just for me... I give energy away before I've put energy into the job. "