He was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal in the 2001 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Australian society and Australian film production.
When I was a kid the teachers would get me to read my stories out loud in class. And everyone would be laughing and rolling around on the floor. But nobody ever said: 'Hey you can make money doing this!'
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Is known to possess a dark and cynical sense of humour
