I was offered and accepted a part in 'A Few Best Men,' and then the Australian actor's union argued that there were too many British actors. And the director decided to lose me.
Among many other reforms, Australians pioneered the secret ballot and universal suffrage.
It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how much we have in common.
It's an Australian thing to be dismissive. We find that endearing. Americans don't. They believe what you say.
With the Australian Government paying more of the hospital bills, it will have the incentive to make sure people are treated through less expensive and more appropriate primary care services.
Australians are very provincial in many ways. If they feel that you've used them as a stepping stone to bigger things, they resent it.
I'm in fact Australian but my mother's English so I've got no problem playing a domineering English woman.
Those of you who have spent time with Australians know that we are not given to overstatement. By nature we are laconic speakers and by conviction we are realistic thinkers.
Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go on a fantastic journey.
Can you imagine what it would be like if all the Aussie film talent was able to make Australian stories?
If government and media and all of us in the Australian tribe got together, and the rock industry, we'd just be the greatest cultural force the world has ever seen - we're such an amazing race.
And currently, there are four to five new works in the pipeline for upcoming celebrations such as the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Australian Federation, my 50th Birthday, and Sydney Dance Company's 25th Anniversary.
The Australian public are very fair and they are always prepared to give the leader of a major political party a fair go.
The problem with the Australian practice of abortion is that an objectively grave matter has been reduced to a question of the mother's convenience.
I'm a very proud Australian, always bragging about our country wherever I am in the world.
I started ice-skating when I was about 12 or 13 and I was selected in the Australian team for ice hockey. I met my wife at St Moritz Ice Skating about 1955.
Australians aren't really that crazy; in L.A. you get a little crazier. From my experience at least, Aussies don't really care that much about celebrities or things like that.
I'd have to fight for an Australian role over an American actor, and I already have to do that overseas, so why would I have to do it back at home?
I am very good with dialects, but the two that I can't do for some reason are the South African and Australian.
I do notice that when I come in to meet casting people, they love that I'm Australian. Maybe it's our good work ethic.
Country of Origin labelling is something that consumers really want, and I think it's critical to support Australian farmers.
