I'm part Maori. My mum's Maori, and she raised me. And my grandma, she's Maori.

In real life I'm very low-key. A wallflower. One of the reasons I went into comedy and acting was that I was sick of being shy.

Why can't a heterosexual guy tell a heterosexual guy / That he thinks his booty is fly?

I miss the city Bret and I live in, Wellington. It's a good place to be creative, in the same way New York is.

Well, I grew up in the '80s, which was a really massive time for sci-fi.

The writing is just a boring job. It's just a horrible job.

What do I think of L.A.? It's boring, with some amazing nuggets. Like there are some parts of it that are great, but by and large I think it's quite boring.

There are a lot of difficult situations that lead to awkwardness.

They don't get along with me, but I get along with other people.

I'm actively going out onto the porch and noodling around on my guitar.

I can only think of one wacky best friend who I thought was awesome: Rhys Ifans in 'Notting Hill.' He really nailed the wacky best friend.

We are Living in the Last Chapters of Life... Find Your Purpose and make it the Best Story possible.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

It is my belief that we as human beings have a need to tell stories - I think it's evolutionary. So you can think of the short story as a literary form, or you can instead think of stories.

Feelings, and feelings, and feelings. Let me try thinking instead.

Technically, Windows is an "operating system," which means that it supplies your computer with the basic commands that it needs to suddenly, with no warning whatsoever, stop operating.

Lives that flash in sunshine, and lives that are born in tears, receive their hue from circumstances.

I'd rather make the cut in the Crosby than win another Oscar.

I had a dual role: designer and advocate.

I have suffered the atrocity of sunsets.

As is widely accepted, putting a price on carbon pollution is the lowest cost and most efficient way to tackle dangerous climate change.