I'm just like my country, I'm young, scrappy and hungry, and I'm not throwing away my shot.

I liked writing the negative ads more than - because it's more minor chords.

The biggest secret weapon we had in regards to really being true to this part of the world, and making sure this part of the world could see themselves in this film [Moana] in a way that felt positive and accurate, was Opetaia, my co-writer, Opetaia Foa'i, who has a great band called Te Vaka and is an amazing musical and cultural ambassador.

I'm not trying to make something that is difficult to perform every night. It needs to proceed at the speed of that character's thought because that's the only way it's actable.

If you know the voice you're writing for it's such a shortcut. It's such a catalyst to creating the kind of energy you want.

I'm the music guy, I get to wear the music hat, but being able to be that guy in the room is a thrill at this level and caliber.

It's an enormous relief to go to work and be an actor and not be worried about writing.