Mark Webber
Mark Webber
Mark Alan Webberis an Australian professional racing driver, currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship as a Porsche works driver in LMP1, in which he is one of the three reigning World Drivers' Champions...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth27 August 1976
CityQueanbeyan, Australia
CountryAustralia
fun believe play
That's the fun thing about making movies is that you get to do stuff. You get to be things, say things that you're not, kind of walk in someone else's shoes and play dress up and make believe. It's pretty cool.
being-yourself real giving
When people can be vulnerable to one another then you're kind of giving people permission to really be yourself and not try to impress all the time and you get into more interesting work. You're being real and you're not afraid to mess up or seem weird.
I love directing and that's where I'm headed. That's where my head is at.
team people effort
I love putting things together. I love putting together a team and making stuff with people. It's great, that's what's cool about movies it's such a collaborative effort.
years want firsts
The first film I directed (Explicit Ills), I did when I was like 27 years old. I had been an actor for a certain amount of time, and then I was like, "I want to start directing."
opportunity creating people
As a director and filmmaker, I love creating my own opportunity, and getting to share the love, in that way, by creating other opportunities for people that I admire, so that they can do something in a way they haven't done it before.
writing theme process
For me writing and filmmaking is a therapeutic process. It reflects themes that I'm going through at a time in my life.
hate jeans sneakers
I hate wearing trousers and shoes. I wear jeans and sneakers most of the time.
life-is ends cycles
Life is a cycle of ends and starts.
kind whatever-happens happens
I don't really know what I'm ever looking for, it's kind of like whatever happens to resonate at the time with me.
family healthy racing
I am healthy, my family is healthy. That is the important thing. After that we go racing.
thinking people love-relationship
I think, as most people are, I'm fascinated with love, relationships, and my daily life so I'm very inclined to make films about those things.
mother sleep abandoned-buildings
My mother and I took over abandoned buildings to sleep in.
running ice cycling
Cycling keeps me lean and I need to stay in shape, especially as I still like eating chocolate and ice-cream! I like to go mountain biking too. Running is also good; it's what we were designed to do as humans, so it comes naturally.