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.

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

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

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.

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.

Feminism isn't about hating men. It's about challenging the absurd gender distinctions that boys and girls learn from childhood and carry into their adult lives.

Fights problems with bigger problems.

As I grow older, I regret to say that a detestable habit of thinking seems to be getting a hold of me.

If there is anything I really fear it is the mind of a young girl.

That old funny-shaped bit of wood is still staring me in the face every day saying 'come on, you haven't started yet!' It's infinite.

Electronic music, for me, has been the only real pioneering music that actually does push boundaries and is constantly futuristic.

Within the confines of the lecture hall, no other virtue exists but plain intellectual integrity.

I just love going out and listening to people. People can teach us a lot.

You work with seasoned actors, and sometimes you realize that they phone it in.