Australian Quotes - page 6

The only problem I have with American money is that it's all kind of the same color, so I'm always having to look. Whereas with Australian money, you have purple, blue, yellow... We keep it nice and simple. (Emily Browning)
Australian people are dope. They're so fun. They want to just have a good time, and they have a great sense of humour. View quote
Erin Heatherton
Australians just don't see that many Australian films, but it's also our responsibility as filmmakers and the responsibility of the funding bodies to remember that audiences want to be entertained, and people are entertained in lots of different ways. View quote
Georgina Haig
I love Australian people. View quote
Geri Halliwell
Money is tighter now, with the advertising dollar spread a lot more thinly across a whole range of media because of the Internet. It means the television networks have less power to produce shows, and TV is where most Australian actors make their money. View quote
Grant Bowler
Any quality player can adjust well to the different demands. It is like a good tennis player who is expected to adjust to the clay at the French Open, the grass at Wimbledon, the hard courts of the U.S. and the heat of the Australian Open. A professional is expected to do all that. View quote
Gautam Gambhir
I wasn't aware of my dad being an actor when I was young. I remember there was an Australian children's entertainer on television called Ralph Harris and when I'd say my father was an actor, kids would say, you know, 'oh, is he Ralph Harris?' And I had to say no and then they would lose interest. View quote
Jared Harris
Our commitment to defence goes beyond this. It's a long-term commitment to make SA the home for Australian defence. It's a commitment to providing the right infrastructure and the right people. View quote
Jay Weatherill
The coal industry is an even larger part of the Australian economy than it is of the American, and it has an enormous amount of political power. View quote
Jeff Goodell
I'm not too fond of the typical Australian activities or culture. I'm not into surfing. View quote
Jens Lekman
I'm in fact Australian but my mother's English so I've got no problem playing a domineering English woman. (Jacki Weaver)
I can hardly understand the Australian accent. View quote
Joey Santiago
I do think Australians as a rule have a very good sensibility to them, and I think most people, if they were given the option, wouldn't choose to rip off a filmmaker or an artist - I don't think its part of the Australian psyche. View quote
John Polson
I call on the Australian Government to set out the conditions upon which they will provide a taxpayer funded backing for wholesale term funding for Australian deposit taking institutions. I call on the Government it make clear the conditions upon which taxpayer funds will be used in this way. View quote
Julie Bishop
The Australian economy is resilient, but business and consumer confidence is fragile. View quote
Julie Bishop
When the Australian Government looked at how to meet the challenges, and the opportunities, presented by our ageing population, it saw that an all-encompassing approach was a prerequisite. View quote
Julie Bishop
I remember that feeling when I was a young reader: finding books that were set in Sydney with Australian characters was incredibly exciting. View quote
Justine Larbalestier
The ideas and practices of Franz Anton Mesmer, an 18th-century Australian healer, had spread to the United States and, by the 1840s, held the country in thrall. Mesmer proposed that everything in the universe, including the human body, was governed by a 'magnetic fluid' that could become imbalanced, causing illness. View quote
Karen Abbott
I am very good with dialects, but the two that I can't do for some reason are the South African and Australian. View quote
Liev Schreiber
I liked Pat Cash, and I loved Mats Wilander. I went to the Australian Open with my parents, and I used to watch Wilander being cheered on by the Swedish fans, and with his game style being like mine, I drew comparisons with him. View quote
Lleyton Hewitt
I want to try and wear as many Australian designers as I can because I'd like to support my Australian colleagues in the industry as well as find things that are eco-friendly. I love the green concept of wearing more sustainable garments at events. (Lucy Fry)
I seem to have a soft spot in my heart for Australia and Australian actors. After having worked with one in 'Cinderella' and a multitude of them in 'Cats,' I've wanted the opportunity to actually perform 'down under.' View quote
Lea Salonga
I'm in kind of a strange position - I have a strong Australian career and a strong British career. Then there's the American career. For every movie I do here, I do two somewhere else. I bounce back and forth between the three places. View quote
Caroline Goodall
Everyone tells me I have a funny accent. It's because I copy people. I learned English at school but have best friends who are French, Australian, English and American; a very weird mix. View quote
Caroline Winberg
My father is Indonesian Timorese, my mother Aboriginal Australian. View quote
Jessica Mauboy