Biography

Ponytail, moustache and goatee

High, prominent cheekbones

Caustic wit and deadpan delivery

Often casts himself in cameos, small roles, and occasionally major ones

His films often contain a key scene in which two or more of the central characters break into song. Usually, the source of the accompanying music is diegetic (i.e. from within the world of the film itself).

His father is German-Swiss; his mother is Australian.

He is of Anglo-Scottish ancestry on his mother's side.

He enjoys singing and playing the guitar in his spare time.

His surname is pronounced "Hor-lah-kerr".

Attended high school (including Drama classes) with India Patten.

I'm not a sensitive new age guy. I'm just a wuss.

[when asked to describe himself in one word] Ambiguous.

[on dancing] Anything that doesn't involve two left feet, forget it.

I don't just want to be somebody. I want to be me.

The thing that makes me angrier than anything else about the present state of the Australian film industry isn't just the overall lack of proper funding, and the large number of bad films and dearth of good ones that come out each year as a result of that. What really makes me furious is the apathy of so many Australians in regards to that industry, whether they happen to work in it or not. These days, it's fashionable to go around proclaiming that you're proud to be an Australian, that you're proud of all things Aussie - except, it seems, for the Aussie film industry. Apparently, it's patriotic to wrap yourself in the Australian flag and chant "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Oi, oi, oi!", but then go to the cinema, point at one of the posters on the wall, and say "Ewww, I don't wanna see that - it's Australian!". How does that figure? If you're an Aussie filmmaker whose goal is to make it big in Hollywood, as opposed to here, all fine and dandy. Go for it. But what if you're one of those filmmakers who wants to actually make good, respectable, memorable films about Australian people and themes, without having to pander to the sort of ignorance about our country and culture that seems to pervade so much of Hollywood? I'm not saying that to be anti-American, or anti-anything. I'm saying it to try and be pro-Australian, as well as pro-cinema. And I really hope that more people, whether they're Australian or not, feel the same way.