Id love to work with the people who really got the film industry going again through the 70s: Peter Weir, Bruce Beresford, Gillian Armstrong, Fred Sc….

I'm becoming a frustrated director, I think, in an actor's body..

I have a sort of long-term plan to direct. I'm pragmatic about it. I realize I don't need to rush it or force it..

Some people would say I've made it now..

I'll never forget anything about Middle Earth. That's part of my memory now so I won't miss anything..

I would love to direct a feature and have Robert Connolly produce it. That would be really fab..

I was 11 when a teacher suggested to my parents that they should send me to drama classes to curb my disruptive ways in the classroom. The next Satur….

My life at the moment is a bit like my wardrobe. Organised chaos..

I've ended up spending more time in front of a camera than on stage, but the stage is where I come from..

I think actors do make really, really wonderful directors..

I always loved putting on shows - when you're the youngest of seven and five are older sisters, you've got to get noticed somehow! I did puppet shows….

As we mature and grow older we collect a lot of baggage, and a lot of that stuff you collect on life's journey gets in the way of acting. My kids can….

I do regard myself as very lucky..

In all honesty, if somebody asked me the secret of auditioning for Americans, I don't know. Often, I do what's called self-taping for America. I go o….

Australia is a phenomenally beautiful country, and every time I go away and come back, it never ceases to amaze me..

Well you just have to own it, I suppose. Own the character, which is difficult..

I think you have to find the humanity in the character and then the deterioration is a part of the process - the journey of the character. It's like ….

In very general terms 'Top Of The Lake' is about good and evil. It's a deep dark mystery. It also deals with lots of fascinating human relationships,….

Listening and hearing are two different things, and acting is comprehending what the person is saying, thinking how it makes you feel and responding.….

Acting, to me, is being given the freedom and ability to play, and that's - that's what I love most about it. I feel very comfortable in playing, whe….