Anthony Carew, Journalist

'World War Z' starring Brad Pitt and Brad Pitt's hair.

"Some people see what they perceive to be a glamorous decade with retrospective chic, retrospective charm, but any simple reading of that time, whether it’s of it being stylish and libertine, or repressive and sordid, is too simple."

"I just did a whole bunch of interviews in France, and it was right at the time there was some huge debate about legalising gay marriage, and every single interviewer asked me about it, both being a queer woman and being from Canada."

"It’s hard not to think of the symbolism in papa Smith pulling the strings of puppet son, and the inescapable spectre of nepotism that wafts throughout this Smith family saga."

"At least there are about five separate jokes where someone gets punched in the nuts."

"Every single time Leo says ‘Old Sport’. It’s all too much. Way too much."

"It can be frustrating, because hype seems like a negative word. And I want people to make up their own minds about us, good or bad, based on what they think, not based on hype."

"Sometimes the way people write about us makes it seem like it’s 1970s Sydney, and we’re all cruising around in Kingswoods like we’re in some kind of Puberty Blues for adults, girls out for summertime good times all the time."

"It almost became this cautionary tale, on forcing other people into doing something, and the loss of innocence that comes with."

"We got really ruthless with our video cameras. We did a lot of things that you don’t want to do to your cameras: strapping them to the side of wheels, rolling over them accidentally, placing them on a little floatie and pushing them out on the water."

"Brandon trusted me, but he also was aware that I wasn’t making a puff-piece. And it was difficult because I knew that, to make a good film, I had to betray him."