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.

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

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.

Why can't a heterosexual guy tell a heterosexual guy / That he thinks his booty is fly?

I don't think I'm cut out to be a supervillain. I think I'd be a supervillain that would exercise some form of mind control. Rather than war, I'd force people to get on with each other and I'd force people to argue reasonably about things rather than be polemical. So I'd be a supervillain that makes everyone get on, but forcefully. There would be no choice about it. No free will.

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.

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