I think you need brains to do any Shakespeare with any authority. I could do Shakespeare, but not with any authority.

The core of the film [Hunt for the Wilderpeople] is that relationship. Whether they're getting on or whether they're not. If that relationship works, then everything else works as well. And you kind of almost, sort of, gives into a realm of something like New Zealand magic realism... There is no world in which social work is actually pursues some kid into the woods in this manner.

Every actor wants more offers, but I get enough and I do like to be busy.

As much as possible, I try to encourage people to use stunt men because that is really their job.

Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see.

I think you need brains to do any Shakespeare with any authority. I could do Shakespeare, but not with any authority.

I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with.