“I lived in New York City, and when I was about 24 in the 1980s, I deci...” — John Curran Quote

I lived in New York City, and when I was about 24 in the 1980s, I decided to get out of here. I wanted to go live in Australia for a year or something, and it ended up being 18 years.

I personally think that's incredibly therapeutic to just be alone in your own thoughts and not be freaking out.

If you have a film that's talking about God, you would think that it would appeal to people that consider themselves religious, whatever denomination they're attached to.

The worst thing for a filmmaker is for a film to be labeled as pretentious or heavy-handed.

I cited 'Catch-22' as a landmark film and one of my favourites.

The floods and fires and storms and droughts that Australia has suffered in the last few years have left no doubt in many Australians' minds about just how much is a stake in a super-heated world.

Cricket is semi-pro for women in Australia, but the girls work damn hard, and it's credit to them to try and grow the sport.

Establishing the rights for gay people to be married would cost the Australian government nothing financially and would gain for you worldwide respect from people like us and, of course, would change lives enormously - the lives of gay people and of their friends and of their families and therefore of Australia as a whole.

Although my father is English, I was brought up in Australia.