I Had Never Done Anything With Blue Screen Before, Or Prosthetics, Or Anything Like That. Lord Of The Rings Was Like Stepping Into A Videogame For Me. It Was Another World Completely. But, To Be Honest, I Basically Did It So That I Could Have The Ears. I Thought They Would Really Work With My Bare Head.working With Martin Scorsese Was An Absolute Minute-by-minute Education Without Him Ever Being Grandiose About It.
I Think The Downside Of The Internet Is That Speaking-or Writing-has Become The Point In And Of Itself.
You Have To Surrender Less When You See A Film Than When You Go And See Something Live.
Theater Is A Space Where You Cross Over From Everyday Life, Because There Are Real People In That Moment Moving In Front Of You-you're Being Invited To Believe In A Story And Cross That Bridge.
When You're Directing Something, You Absolutely Have To Be Involved In All Layers Of The Process.
The Notion Of Fate And Destiny Is A Very Greek Concept. Working In The Theater You Do Think A Lot About That, Because As A Storyteller You Do Think, 'at What Point Was This Always Going To Happen And What Part Have I Got A Hand In Being Able To Change Things?'
His [gough Whitlam's] Effect On The Geo-cultural-political Map Of Australia Is So Vast That Wherever You Stick The Pin In You Get A Wealth Of Gough's Legacy.
There Are Certain Things In Ancient Practices That Are Not Worth Adhering To.
Look, It's One Of The Great Mysteries Of The World, I Cannot Answer That Question. I Think I'm Vaguely Blonde. To Be Perfectly Frank, I Don't Know.
Inquiry And Curiosity Is Really Important In Any Profession, But Definitely In What I Do. And In Parallel You Also Need To Be Confident Enough To Try Things. So It's A Tricky Thing Sometimes To Balance Those Two States.
