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.

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'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.

War is the unfolding of miscalculations.

You always catch the wrong players.

The president of the United States, whoever it is, deserves a certain level of reverence and respect just because of the office he holds.

I am reluctant to judge things without being informed.

Happiness, though an indefinite concept, is the goal of all rational beings

To be one of the special ones, you've got to want to take that shot-you've also got to be willing to fail, learn from it, come back and take that shot again.

I maintain a balanced view of the world, but that balance is always in my favour.

There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl.

With Shakespeare, there's no subtext; you're speaking exactly what you're thinking constantly.

Secondhand experience breaks down a block from the car lot.