You can't really achieve anything in three years.
Some ideas, like what you're going to do with your life, take time to form.
When you're directing something, you absolutely have to be involved in all layers of the process.
People love events - they love performances, they love music - and I think Australians are great entertainers.
There's not a long, entrenched tradition of theatergoing in Australia.
I'm so misunderstood!
I'm not well read.
The word 'circumnavigate' is quite a beautiful word.
You can't be trying to make a film that pleases all people, you know, so it's not a concern of mine.
I feel like I've been marinated in Australian theatre.
I don't have a sense of entitlement or that I deserve this. You'd be surprised at the lack of competition between nominees - I think a lot of it's imposed from the outside. Can I have my champagne now?
I haven't got many anecdotes. Maybe I should do something scandalous.
The one thing that all great cities have in common is that they are all different.
All cities do face similar, significant trends in the future... most importantly global warming and climate change.
Planning cities is a necessary but risky business.
I'm really lazy!
I think my understanding of different types of love has certainly deepened.
I think about my father and how sad it was that he never had grandchildren.
I admire the work of brilliant actresses such as Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Helen Mirren, who have had such varied careers. They have never stopped working, and they are as great today as they ever were.
Particularly at the moment, it's an incredibly optimistic thing to bring children into the world.
