On Dealing with Doubt: QUT Graduation Ceremony Commencement Address
Today I gave the Commencement Address at the graduation ceremony for the Creative Industries Faculty of the Queensland University of Technology, held in the Concert Hall of the Queensland Performing Arts Centre. Here is what I said: I really don’t know why I’m here. I think you've been fooled into thinking I'd have something interesting to say. But no. I’m a fraud. Standing here, I remember my late friend Nick Enright. He was a great Australian theatre artist. As a playwright he gave us a few classics – A Property of the Clan, Blackrock, Good Works and an adaptation of Cloudstreet . As a librettist for musicals he gave us The Boy from Oz and The Venetian Twins . As an acting teacher at NIDA he taught Mel Gibson and Judy Davis and a raft of other big names. He was loved, and a great mentor to many. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for his screenplay for George Miller’s film Lorenzo’s Oil . Nick and I ...