During his illustrious plus year career, Michael Caton has performed in television, theatre and film both here in Australia and abroad. His foray into the world of show business was an auspicious affair. In in a seat community theatre called The Twelfth Night Theatre, the then year-old amateur actor was cast in the role of an Irish git.
In those early days at The Twelfth Night Theatre Michael joined a group of young performers, some of whom would go on to become some of Australia's most notable actors.
Since then Michael has appeared in some of Australia's most successful television, stage and cinematic productions; his resume reading like a who's who of the Australian arts. Narrabri Mayor Ron Campbell has mixed feelings about Caton coming to town.
He's a fan of his movies but "my hackles get up a little bit when I get people from the city trying to tell us what we should and shouldn't be doing". Mr Campbell argues the project "gives opportunity to young people" and tells Caton he has "complete faith in Santos and their operations. Science tells us that it's safe. Caton expresses his doubt: "You don't have any fears about pollution? Once you scramble that egg, you can't unscramble it.
That's now being appealed by about residents and primary producers from Mullaley, south of Narrabri. As Caton gets older, failing memory and vocabulary mean he has to work "two or three times as hard as he used to, especially if you get a big page of dialogue". But he's extending his acting range, increasingly drawing on his own complicated life experiences.
And Caton has forged a close relationship with Sims, who last directed him on Rams, in which he played an angry, alcoholic farmer. Friend Nell Schofield says Caton's love of "a glass of whiskey, or two or three or four" masks a vulnerability.
I'm not pure white, I'm not black-black. I live a life and I live it to the full. Caton has always lived with a degree of self-doubt. Sometimes he thinks it's a fluke he's had the roles he's had. Sometimes Caton wonders why he's survived in the industry. I think in a nutshell, that's it. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work.
Michael Caton knows he's in the home straight of his life. Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. You think everyone's looking at you and, uh, they are. I actually sort of became really self-conscious. I remember that he was unemployed a lot. I was about three or four when my parents split up. There were times when mom wasn't getting the child support cheques. I hadn't worked for 12 months. And I've been in a really black depression. And for the first time, I couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel.
So I didn't drink for 12 months. I saw a lovely psychiatrist and I did a lot of work for myself. I just turned to writing. I thought, well, it's it's all over. That's the real payment of The Castle.
That movie, his character has entered the language. And then all of a sudden this it all opened up again. It started it was a complete resurgence. It was just wonderful. And I said, darling this is beautiful. What's this called? Ron: Here in Narrabri, all of our water is artesian water. So, you know, we survive on that. Ron: Personally, no I don't. And generally the community doesn't because we're very well educated as a community in the safe extraction of coal seam gas.
Michael: You have absolutely no doubt there can be no pollution of the underground water? Ron: W here is there one percent guarantee in anything we do? That is why they don't want to see that river polluted. Because once you scramble that egg, you can't unscramble it. Science tells us that it's safe. I can see that all scientists aren't agreeing. But we can only go on our independent scientists that are provided to us.
We can't just sit on our hands and rely on solar power or wind power or things like that. They're not going to cut it at this stage. Rex: You hate mess Pol. He's going deeper inside himself now for his roles. I knew there was a kind of a darker, more introverted and complicated side to Michael. But its imprint is on me. And I have darker things in my psyche. Dad plays the angry, bitter old drunk. So I think Jeremy saw that.
Look, I'm I not pure white. I'm not black, black. I, I live a life. And I live it to the full, try not to be too destructive of myself. So, um, I hope everybody knows that.
Young fella's leaving town has been a problem for many years. Michael: I worry a bit about the long-term effects. The pressure will be on Australia to rein that in come My view is a climate's always been changing.
None of the predictions of the climate change people that I've seen have come true. He's got a massive feed lot in Coonamble sustained by solar energy. Red Lilywhite - Yesterday's Zero Red Lilywhite. Show all 8 episodes. Joe Bailey. Jack voice, uncredited. Bob Parkin. Show all 7 episodes. Brian Savini. Ken Norse. Michael Ree. Ken Hayden. Malcolm Fellows. Clive Bradley. Bill Anderson. Show all 15 episodes. Joe Fletcher. Dave Regan.
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