Quotes About Culture

Austerity has led us to a terrible philosophy where we think we've got to cut back on everything that's 'frippery', like the arts.

There's so much music in Austin, and it's all so different.

There is so much talent in Australia.

Mmm, well that whole thing about having to look tough has never left Australia.

In Australia, kids play in American accents.

We're actually more popular in the U.K.; they really get us, and in Australia. In the non-English speaking countries, they don't really get it.

I must say I always liked to come to Australia.

I'm a proud Australian, a very, very proud Australian.

I think mine's such a mish-mash now: I get criticised for sounding like a Yank when I come home, and everybody thinks I'm Australian when I'm in America.

I do have a lot of Australian friends.

I've never actually played an Australian or worked in Australia. I really want to change that. I really want to work here - that would be great.

I support all Australian films.

I no longer knew what it was like to feel Australian.

I can hardly understand the Australian accent.

I talk about being Australian a lot.

My father is Indonesian Timorese, my mother Aboriginal Australian.

I love New York, and I love being here, but I think I'll always be Australian at heart.

I was born in Australia and am proud of my Australian provenance, but I am now an American. Like so many naturalized citizens, I felt that I was an American before I formally became one.

It's so funny how it's impossible for an American actor to play an English part or an Australian part. But by all means, come and bastardize our accent as much as you want.

Australia's beautiful, but I'm not too into Australian culture.

My father was Australian.

My dad's Australian.

The Australian cast of mind is not something I would want to be without - and I couldn't be without. It's not a choice.

When British or Australian actors perform American characters, we laud them and talk about how great it is they are able to do this other accent that is not their own. Americans have different relationships with other accents.