A long-running TV series is a beast in that it demands you stick to one character over a long haul.

Making a movie with Lindsay Lohan is not for the faint of heart.

Mind your own business.

I love working in New Zealand. It's just the most beautiful country I've ever been to.

For my money, if I'm playing anything then it has to have some sharp angles on it. It's got to have some edges that you can cut yourself on, otherwise it's boring.

Comedy has to be so much cleaner than drama. You can't layer it in the way you can a dramatic performance. Which is why it's more difficult than drama - you don't have so many tricks.

A character, their ability or inability to laugh at themselves should always be a very, very conscious choice. It's a very big key to the nature of a human being.

I pretty much always choose characters. That's what I do. That's what I look for. I look for dynamics in a script and potential.

I'm a huge fan of classic sci-fi.

I was born in New Zealand, so I have a lot of family there.

I think that the way of bringing realism into fantasy is to treat it as the commonplace.

...Sigerius realized that every academic looked like every other academic." - Bonita Avenue, p.49

...you belong here, and it’s time you realize it. No one put a Scarlet A on your chest. This church is for human beings, not saints and angels.

No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.

Most people do not benefit from psychoanalysis because the trauma lies not in this life but in a past life.

And as much as I love the gritty characters, I like to play all sorts of characters. I'm an actor. I love to create.

A State divided into a small number of rich and a large number of poor will always develop a government manipulated by the rich to protect the amenities represented by their property.

Unfortunately, people think I'm negative and bitter all the time, and that's not the case.

Perhaps nothing in our society is more needed for those in positions of authority than accountability.

When you're expected to win and you have the press saying that you are going to win the Olympic gold medal, and you're the only sure thing in the Olympics, it can undermine your confidence.

Maybe when you meet the people you are supposed to meet you know it, without knowing it.