If it wasn’t for my dad, I would never have known about pentathlon, because it’s not popular at all in Australia. – Chloe Esposito
I was a breakdancer as a kid. I was on one of the top break dancing teams in Australia. – Manu Bennett
When I was 23, I moved to Australia to be with this 43-year-old con artist I fell in love with. – Natasha Leggero
In Australia, there just weren’t strong roles for actors of colour. I was often being asked to turn up for commercials with a ghetto blaster on my shoulder. I thought, ‘Are we in the ’60s?’ – DeObia Oparei
I’ve been to Australia several times, and I just like the earthiness; it’s part of the culture. That’s a really good vibe to be around. – Erin Heatherton
I had always been fascinated by the whole idea that Australia was this different ecology and that when rabbits and prickly pears and other things from Europe were introduced into Australia, they ran amok. – David Gerrold
When I was about 14, my family emigrated from England to Australia, and we decided to stop in Bali on the way through. – Naomi Watts
In Australia I was seen as somebody who did only very modern, contemporary stuff. Then as soon as I went overseas I did two period pieces so it was like, ‘When are you going to get out of the corsets?’ And I was thinking I just got into them! – Frances O’Connor
It’s funny because when I’m outside Australia, I never get to do my Australian accent in anything. It’s always a Danish accent or an English accent or an American accent. – Mallory Jansen
I’d like to set a story in Australia, but I would need to feel confident my German and U.S. readers, for example, would stay with me. – Michael Robotham
I always wanted to play ice hockey back in Australia, I’m not sure why, but we didn’t have any ice where I lived. It was very hot – a coastal town. – Margot Robbie
There was a band in Australia named Midnight Oil, and they were a very, very political, and they literally hit you over the head with a hammer. U2 sometimes can hit you over the head with a rubber hammer. – Meat Loaf
I don’t get that many scripts. Back in Australia, I’ve pretty much done my own shows and really no work outside of that. It’s only now that I’m starting to read some Hollywood film scripts, and I’ve read some really great ones. – Jason Gann
While Melbourne and Sydney fight about who wears Australia’s cultural crown, Canberra just gets on with it. – Judy Horacek
How comedic are squirrels? We don’t have squirrels in Australia. The first time I saw a squirrel was at a meeting at Disney. – Liam Hemsworth
Well they’re very, very genuine concerns at present as to the status of the 800 people who are to be sent by Australia to Malaysia. There’s concern about the status of asylum seekers in Malaysia generally, but there’s concern about the status of the 800 to be sent. – Julie Bishop
Australia lives with a strange contradiction – our national image of ourselves is one of the Outback, and yet nearly all us live in big cities. Move outside the coastal fringe, and Australia can feel like a foreign country. – Kate Grenville
I go to Australia probably once every two years. It’s wide-open spaces there, so I just rent a motorcycle and ride out to the middle of the continent. For hours, you don’t see anybody. – Larry Fitzgerald
I do not believe we can effectively move Australia to a lower emission economy, which is what we need to do if we’re going to make a contribution to a global reduction in greenhouse gases, without putting a price on carbon. – Malcolm Turnbull
When I was a kid in Adelaide, I dreamed of becoming No. 1 in the world, winning a grand slam and the Davis Cup for Australia. – Lleyton Hewitt
I only get to spend about six to eight weeks in Australia now and I really miss my family and friends. – Karrie Webb
We moved to Australia for two years though and that was a little bit tough trying to fit in. – Kelly Preston