Most Films I've Worked On Have Had

Like Any Classic You Hope To Get Rid Of All The Varnish That's Built Up Over The Centuries Where People Expect It To Be In A Certain Way. It's A Mighty Play. It's About A Very Old King Who Also Happens To Be A Very Old Father, So You've Got The State And The Domestic Levels In There Together. It's A Story In Extremis. Everyone Knows The End, There's Only Two People Left Alive.

I Do Love Perusing The Dictionary To Find How Many Words I Don't Use - Words That Have Specific, Sharp, Focused Meaning. I Also Love The Sound Of Certain Words. I Love The Sound Of The Word Pom-pom.

My Kids Started School, So Having A Strong Base In Melbourne Has Been A Key Priority. I'm Not Daunted By The Travel. People Say, 'it's So Far To Australia,' And I Say, 'you Get On The Plane, You Eat Well, You Sleep, You Wake Up - And You're There.'

What I Appreciated Was The Fact That The Script Delved Into How Australians Were - And Still Are - Condescended To By The English.

Within Our Culture, Every School Has A Swimming Pool. We Lived On The Coast. People Swam In The Surf. It's A Very Sporty Nation And At That Particular Time Anyone Who Had An Artistic Bent Was Very Much An Outsider. So If You Liked Reading Or Ideas Or Playing The Piano Then Your Dad Viewed You As A Sissy, Basically.