I think the long-term effect of video on cinema is good in that what we are now getting up there on the screen is of superior quality. Videos are just so much more sensitive to the world.

The dichotomy between art and industry is totally dysfunctional in terms of film.

They will open up to what I would call corporate broadcastings where the non-commercial material will have air time. There's no possibility of that here right now, none.

Most independent filmmakers in Britain and North America work for commercial crews and then have their own projects when they've got enough money saved up to do so.

We are here predominantly to support independent filmmakers and their needs. We are also here to assist people actually in their production, non-commercial people in their production.

The British needlewoman follows blindly where the merchant leads.

The more commercial work that is happening, the more people are operating cameras and are setting up studio lights, the greater the opportunity for drama production to happen.

You have always had individual directors who begin in the advertising or commercial world, but they are probably exceptions rather than the traditional pattern.

All the arts are predominantly national, and therefore the Australian Film Commission should be funding us. The battle gets more and more vicious each year.

Build into each budget the cost of hiring and don't lump yourself with capital investment.

The State Film Authority will be there for film as industry only, as is the case in all the other states, except Victoria. Victoria is moving more now into supporting non-commercial films.

With him everything is a test, affection is measured, that given weighed against that which has been received, and the balance, more often than not, disappointing him.

Dogs are like that, I guess—they know how to fix you without ever saying a word.

The human imagination... has great difficulty in living strictly within the confines of a materialist practice or philosophy. It dreams, like a dog in its basket, of hares in the open.

God let it be known that it is better to give than to receive, but a lot of people failed to get the message.

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

I played because I loved it. It was incredible when they told me they were going to sign me and they were going to give me money.

I have no private life, as I am constantly under police surveillance.

Lord make me satisfied with small things. Make me content to live on the outside of life. God make me love the rind!

There is a lot of information out there. To the degree that your life changes, it is made useful or useless.

Contentment is not escape from the battle, but rather an abiding peace and confidence in the midst of the battle.