I grew up in Queensland, and my dad was a tradesman and my mum an insurance agent, both self-employed.

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.

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.

Water is peaceful. I am at rest. In thewater, I am safe and pulled in where Ican’t get out. Everything slows down—the noise and the racing of my thoughts.

By the way, I never realized that to be nonbelieving, to be an atheist, was a thing to be proud of. It went without saying as it were.

Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured.

For in every soul that shall be saved is a Godly Will that never assented to sin, nor ever shall.

Advise for anybody - enjoy what you are doing, enjoy the process of learning and don't be impatient.

Work is an activity that is financially-driven or one that you'd like to do less of.

Being a black artist, the first thing people want to talk about is your blackness, the importance of your blackness and your black presence.

The haters always scream the loudest.

Man on the dubious waves of error toss'd.

When it's time for the revolution, I'm a click, click, click.