I try to have a balance of things you like and things you don't like about a character. But once you start that, all these scripts are like, "You play the douchebag friend of Ashton Kutcher." It's all these characters that are overconfident or hyper-masculine.

They're turnin' kids into slaves just to make cheaper sneakers But what's the real cost 'cause the sneakers don't seem that much cheaper Why are we still payin' so much for sneakers when you got them made by little slave kids? What are your overheads?!

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.

I'm a real pawn-shopper.

There's something funny about being on a big stage and not making a big effort to fill it up.

The book is even quirkier, but it's hard to bring all of that stuff to a movie. With a book, you use your imagination more and create your own way to make it all make sense.

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