Now both my films have been number one at the Australian box office and it took about two years just to get the finance for this film, so if it's hard for me then God help everyone else.
I just wanted to do this all Australian film and we didn't want to give creative control to overseas 'cause whoever comes on my sets, whether you're sweeping the floor or an actor, it doesn't matter who comes up with the ideas, it's a collaboration.
Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go on a fantastic journey.
Can you imagine what it would be like if all the Aussie film talent was able to make Australian stories?
If government and media and all of us in the Australian tribe got together, and the rock industry, we'd just be the greatest cultural force the world has ever seen - we're such an amazing race.
It was always easy for me. I was born very rich and lucky.
Movies are usually difficult, often insane, constantly challenging and always strangely amusing to make.
The obsession required to see a feature through from concept to release is not a rational thing to do with your brief time on this planet. Nor is it something to which an intelligent person should aspire.
Then if your movie clicks with real audiences, you'll be sucked into some sort of Hollywood orbit. It's a devil of a place where the only religion that really counts is box office.
Find your own specific voice in filmmaking and go for it. Either people will get it or they won't and that's what it's all about.
Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.
Three years after starting, by physically doing everything from raising the finance to special effects, we'd finally cobbled together our low budget film.
The journey of your first movie is not just beyond belief it can be truly beyond satire.
