We're very good in America at talking about stuff, often stuff to buy. We tend to talk about our iPods. We tend to talk about cars or new fads.
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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
I try to communicate in a way that allows people in on what's going on. What's better than references to popular culture?
In this age of media and Internet access, we are much more talkative than ever before.
Where I grew up - we started out in Oklahoma and then moved to Missouri - it was considered hubris to talk about yourself. And the downside of that was that ideas rarely got exchanged, or true feelings.
For the most part, Americans speak of culture and politics as if they were two separate realms.
We try some really interesting things besides being outright commercial.
I enjoy talking to people about what I do - about films, music, directors, and art. It's very strange, having to talk about yourself.
The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.
But we're not supposed to talk anything besides football.
I talk about being Australian a lot.