" So all of the people my grandfather couldn't explain things to while he was alive were visited. And that sent me off. Perhaps, angels? The gift of flight? Perhaps it's just birds and we've manufactured it into this other thing. So maybe the next stage after walking on the earth is the gift of flight. Ah, it's all bullshit. But it's something to think about, isn't it?"

At a press conference - March 2000

"Film sets just fascinated me. I always wanted to know what was behind the doors...on film sets and TV sets nothing is behind them. But I kept thinking, 'If I open one of these doors, sooner or later there's going to be something behind there."
- From Hannele

GQ Australia June 2000

Uh? How's my life changed? Well, golly, gosh. I'm the king of frequent flyer miles. I don't get to spend enough time with the people I love in the place I love. However, I'm an actor and I've done it for a long time. And there's a certain amount of a gypsy in the job. And it's the change of perspective and the change of geography that actually makes my life interesting. Otherwise it would be the same series of cow bums in a cattle yard. It's funny, because you get accused of being "arrogant" by some people because I seem to, in some people's viewpoint, expect success. Thing is, I never actually expect success. But it doesn't surprise me when it comes because I know how much work I put into what I do. And in order to do complete the fantasy of my life, which is to work at the highest level in the art form I've chosen to work in, that means I've got to keep getting on planes. And that means I've got to spend X amount of time away. But look at the people I'm getting to work with? Look at the experiences I'm having. Look at the diversity of characters I'm getting to play. So I don't have any complaints.

At a press conference - March 2000

"Man, I usually have a really hard time going to see the films I'm in and it's only from the point of view that I tend to play some very heavy emotional journeys and when I see it for the first time I relive that and I can't see myself cry on screen without becoming affected because it wasn't a trick. I still had to go through that emotion in order for that to happen, that's what I consider my job to be." - From Cheryl

GQ Australia

You know, the other ones I've made like The Quick and the Dead, I enjoyed it, but it seems to me a lot of people didn't know they were allowed to laugh. They thought they had to take the western seriously and the director kept going [he winks dramatically] and everyone was like, 'What the f--k's he doing that for?' And, for whatever reason, even though a lot of people have seen it now, it didn't exactly set the world on fire at the time. And again, it's the sort of film that, I know my mother's going to see it, but she's not really going to dig it. And what did she say? She said, "Very nice, dear."
- From Mickie

Rough Cut Q & A

"I end up being the cruise director on every movie I'm on. You've got to keep a balance going with human beings [because] they need to be appreciated.....I'm the world's worst tourist, and once I learned that about myself, I tried to change. It seems silly to go to these magnificent places and only see the hotel room and set." - From Bobbie

drDrew.com

"Never in my life have I gotten on a plane to go for a holiday. I get on a plane and I go to work. When I have a holiday, I'm at home playing with the cows."- From Bobbie

drDrew.com

"You´re only here for a short time, mate.- Learn to like it."

From Hannele

"I prefer engaging in life rather than observing it. Get involved! get it all over you!"

From Hannele

From Hannele

“Oliver [Reed] went out the way he lived his life, mate, you know? I’ve known a lot of pissheads in my time, and maybe that sounds lacking in eloquence to some people, but quite frankly, that’s what he was… a lot of great actors have been… I’m just glad he’d done enough of his part that they didn’t have to get another actor – so this can be a memorial to him. I think it’s one of his best performances in the past 10 years.”

From Mickie