#australia

On the same line of reasoning, if Australians were to be Australians, or rather if Australians were as separate from any other nation as Australia from any other land, there would be no jealousy between them on England's account. ↗

— Henry Lawson

#any #australia #australians #between #england

It's rare that there's a role that requires an Australian accent. ↗

— Heath Ledger

#australian #rare #requires #role

We don't have any sailors in Australia, we have rowers. ↗

— Ben Lexcen

#australia #sailors

All for Australia and the Empire. ↗

— Joseph Lyons

#empire

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. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#australian #australian film #battle #commission #each

We discovered that there was a great deal of keen interest in America for the kinds of products that we thought could be produced here. Also there was an interest in Britain for Australian material generally. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#america #australian #britain #could #deal

We absolutely believed in Heaven and Hell, Purgatory, and even Limbo. I mean, they were actually closer to us than Australia or Canada, that they were real places. ↗

— John McGahern

#actually #australia #believed #canada #closer

In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime. ↗

— Phyllis McGinley

#national #national pastime #pastime #poetry #reading

And the reason for that I think is that in Australia our films don't get the exposure, so the process is foremost. But anyway, I love being part of the team and hate being stuck in a corner somewhere. ↗

— Jacqueline McKenzie

#australia #being #corner #exposure #films

Coming from theater, and having been to acting school, and done little, small Australian independent movies, a lot of the time, it's always about character. ↗

— Jacqueline McKenzie

#acting #acting school #always #australian #been