So when I read this story, it unlocked a volcano of unanswered questions, because the questions had never been asked. It was an opportunity to come t…

- Phillip Noyce

I remembered the 500 people that lived on a reserve outside my little town, behind a big fence.

- Phillip Noyce

People just don't laugh when their family is violated, and you don't shrug it off. You band together and you defend together. It's a funny, primitive…

- Phillip Noyce

You always try to work for your audience, to entertain them, but that being said, obviously, within the studio system you feel the sense of responsib…

- Phillip Noyce

Most Australians live in the cities on the east coast, where contact between black and white occurred as much as 200 years earlier than on the west c…

- Phillip Noyce

After working for years in Hollywood where the actors have taken over, it was a real relief to get down there and not only have some children, but al…

- Phillip Noyce

Obviously all of us have thought about Vietnam, particularly in my generation in Australia that were part of conscription and fought there. Our frien…

- Phillip Noyce

The children, each of those kids is in touch with nature and traditional aboriginal culture so a very important part of getting performances from the…

- Phillip Noyce

Oh yeah - I watched Knife in the Water, saw the shot, and repeated it. But even if I hadn't seen that film, inevitably the camera would've ended up o…

- Phillip Noyce