When I was a young filmmaker starting out, I was really snobby about all the affirmative action for women filmmakers because I felt it should be about your talent, and I made a film that won awards, and people wanted me.

It's really actually been pretty shoddy and appalling, the amount of local content, Australian drama, on ABC TV.

After Sept. 11, there was a reticence and worrying about films that touched on war, and even more on terrorism.

There are really only a handful of directors who have a final cut clause in Hollywood. You only get that power if you've made a couple of hundred-million-dollar successes.

Critics often say, 'Oh she makes films about strong women'. Wrong; I make films about complex characters and the choices they make.