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

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

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

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 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.

I'm actively going out onto the porch and noodling around on my guitar.

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.