I live on the beach, and I always will.
Storytelling is essentially what we do.
It's really interesting to play someone you wouldn't want to ever spend more than a couple of drinks with - but who has redeemable characteristics.
It makes me sick to my stomach what Australia Day has become.
It's quite frustrating taking a back seat in films.
'Australian Rules' was my moment of truth.
It's very important to lead your own story: to not be acting as much as you are living.
Not all of us are born with the same role models and grasp things the same way.
Life's harsh. You can't escape what you are and what you project.
If I had to come back in life, I'd come back as a dolphin... they're always smiling; they're always playing.
'Australian Rules' was such a beautiful film - it was art for me.
It's wonderful to be part of a film that really reaches an audience's mind and an audience's heart.
If you are in a beautiful place where you can enjoy sunrise and sunset, then you are living like a lord.
For my first Hollywood film, I really didn't want to be doing a film where I'm looking like a stooge with fake snakes that look like socks.
Love is a strong, strong thing.
I'm a child of the Earth, postcode unknown.
I have always spent my time more preciously than my money.
You don't really need much. I try to live my life with that sort of minimalist mentality.
I just happen to love film-making.
There's a stigma attached to being an actor. People from 'Big Brother' call themselves actors. There's so much crap. It's not about appreciating that we're here to service the public, that we're storytellers. It doesn't sit comfortably with me.
Very happily, I am very fortunate to be able to be where the wind takes me, where the work takes me, and where I want to be.
I need to have the soul bank full as well as pay the credit cards and have a roof over my head.
I'm still very much plugging away. But if I can build my career, I'll do it like Eric Bana. He has a family; he has his roots. He still loves Melbourne. He's a great role model to have.
I think Australia is pretty much living the last day on Earth in a lot of ways.
Nathan Phillips is an Australian actor.
