I don't want at the end of my life to look back at just a bunch of fictional movies I was involved in that kept taking me away from the real world.
From Joel Edgerton
I've signed four autographs for Sam Worthington in L.A., and I haven't told any of the people that I'm not him.
I wanted to make a movie that was kind of a tribute to the way I feel when I watch a John Hughes movie.
There's definitely a fascination with crime stories and stories of characters acting out against authority.
'Animal Kingdom' feels like a suburban Melbourne version of 'The Godfather 'to me. It's epic and Shakespearean in its story, and yet you still feel like you can reach out and touch it.
I think, often with Australian films, if an Australian film has been given the seal of approval by an offshore festival or an offshore release, then it does mean a lot to a local audience.
I've never seen a film get away completely unscathed like I have 'Animal Kingdom.' There's not a single bad review that I've read of it yet; all through Sundance, all it got was high praise.
I don't necessarily see myself as an experienced filmmaker just because I've been in a few movies.
Part of me wonders what it would have been like to have had my first experience of India in a normal way, rather than through the eyes of a film.
I love the idea of real-life experiences finding their way into fiction. I think that's really cool.
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