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

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.

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

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.

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.

The highest training trains oneness.

I get asked, 'How can you have such failures in your films?' Well, what else is life about? There's some sense of constant failure in something. Humor gives you a distance from it.

Many of those who scoff at the trustworthiness of the Bible do so completely overlooking the fact that thousands of archaeological discoveries have affirmed the historical reliability of the Bible.

What does the future, that half of time, matter to the man who is infatuated with eternity?

Surrender to alcohol intoxication provides a partial and subjective shortcut to a more correct state of mind.

Too many would-be executives are slaves of routine.

The world is full of beautiful girls. But they're not Angelina Jolie. She's fun, honest, intelligent, gorgeous and divinely talented. She brings a hell of a lot to the party.

In the quest for comparative advantage, investment will flow towards those countries that can offer more output for fewer emissions. Inaction will cost jobs. Action will support jobs.

I received my doctorate from the University of Vienna in 1910.

I have nothing to be sorry about.