The thing about films is you learn new stuff all the time. You think you can get to a point where you've got it all down. But then another, different situation arises.

Perhaps it is good to have a beautiful mind, but an even greater gift is to discover a beautiful heart.

I'd move to Los Angeles if New Zealand and Australia were swallowed up by a tidal wave, if there was a bubonic plague in England and if the continent of Africa disappeared from some Martian attack.

Iceland is fascinating; really an amazing place to visit, and great for a film to go there.

I have respect for beer.

There's nothing like sitting back and talking to your cows.

I love going shopping. I have a black belt in it.

God bless America, God Save the Queen, God defend New Zealand and thank Christ for Australia.

I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated.

We can't repay our good luck with bad grace. It invites darkness.

If you live like it’s the past and you behave like it’s the past, then guys from the future find it very hard to see you.

A purposeless and goalless life is meaningless

Transitioning to being an unemployed film actor is different, but it's fun and I've been looking forward to it for a while.

Well, I've been blessed with good hair, or at least some people think it is. It is the way it is, sort of does what it wants to. So, yeah, I guess it is [a metaphor for your views on art and life].

Keep the faith, and keep going strong!

The floods of nonsense printed in the form of critical opinions seem to me a chief curse of the times, a chief obstacle to true culture.

Most people, even in simple risky situations, don't behave the way the theory of utility would have them behave.

There would not be so many open mouths if there were not so many open ears.

Indifference was our greatest enemy.

I don't like writing in front of a lot of people, it has to be an intimate experience with people I trust.

Writing is not a genteel profession. It's quite nasty and tough and kind of dirty.