I Didn't Know The Green

Most Films I've Worked On Have Had Large Casts, But They've Been Wonderful People. I Think The Monkey In Pirates Of The Caribbean Is The Most Temperamental Costar I've Had. It Would Throw Tantrums Like You Wouldn't Believe.

Someone Told Me That There's A Connection To Superman, That In An Early Edition Of The Green Lantern Comics, Tomar Re Was The Envoy To Krypton. That Was Fascinating To Me.

Within Our Culture, Every School Has A Swimming Pool. We Lived On The Coast. People Swam In The Surf. It's A Very Sporty Nation And At That Particular Time Anyone Who Had An Artistic Bent Was Very Much An Outsider. So If You Liked Reading Or Ideas Or Playing The Piano Then Your Dad Viewed You As A Sissy, Basically.

You Had To Be Into Sport And, Sad To Say, I'm A Traitor To My Country Because I Don't Have A Sporting Bone In My Body.

What I Appreciated Was The Fact That The Script Delved Into How Australians Were - And Still Are - Condescended To By The English.