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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.

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

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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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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.

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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.

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

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I consider myself a humanist. Even if I do very dark worlds, I try to make those characters real humans as opposed to just cartoons.

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Even on a large ensemble where their parts are relatively small - because having ten main characters obviously affects their screen time - the thing that attracts great actors is when there is that challenge to get some reality into something.

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'The Road' reminds me of Steinbeck's 'The Grapes of Wrath.'

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I love those sorts of stories where you actually see the consequences of what violence does physically to people as well as psychologically.

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Biography

Nationality: Australian

Type: Director

Born: Unknown

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