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

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.

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.

Many of us are guilty of not taking enough time to dial into our inner child's voice.

Significant change might require those who are now high in the hierarchy to move downward many steps. This seems to them undesirable and is resisted.

What one has to do usually can be done.

Filmmaking can be a fine art.

The defenders of decent society and the disciples of degeneracy are often the same people.

I am happy and proud that during one year of presidency, my initiatives have been strongly supported by the people and society and we have launched the process of vitally important state reforms.

Nothing, it is true, is more common than for both Science and Art to pay homage to the spirit of the age, and for creative taste to accept the law of critical taste.

The mass of men serve the state thus, not as men mainly, but as machines, with their bodies.

People have no discrepancy for me or my lyrics or the song.

Force is the law of animals, men are ruled by conviction.