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

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

Some people would say I've made it now.

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

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 Schepisi.

I think actors do make really, really wonderful directors.

I do regard myself as very lucky.

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

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

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, whether it be in front of a camera or on stage.

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

Metaphors: knowledge existing in several states and without contradiction

Men kill for many reasons, they steal but for one-greed.

Sometimes success is due less to ability than zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body and soul.

Be sure what you want and be sure about yourself. Fashion is not just beauty, it's about good attitude. You have to believe in yourself and be strong.

Most of us regard good luck as our right, and bad luck as a betrayal of that right.

I don't think that technology is going to allow for greater subjugation of people. I think it's gonna give them more freedom.

Who has begun has half done. Have the courage to be wise. Begin!

No republic ever yet stood on a stable foundation without satisfying the common people.

We do not accept that ours will ever be a nation of haves and have-nots. We must always be a nation of haves and soon-to-haves.

Body armor. Four thousand pounds of body armor. And missile-proof glass? Nice. What had happened to good old-fashioned bulletproof?