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

Failure is never quite so frightening as regret.

I enjoy some physical stuff. But if I had a choice between playing a scene where it's raining, it's terribly cold, I'm wet and I'm being drowned and playing a scene with dinosaur eggs in a laboratory, I'd probably take the latter. It's warmer and generally more comfortable!

This was only Taika Watiti fourth film [Hunt for the Wilderpeople], but I think he brings a very original way of looking at stuff and I think if you look at Boy, for instance, which is a beautiful film, that was his second feature, and it's heartbreakingly sad, but it's also simultaneously very funny. There are not many people who can do that.

If you want to learn about America, watch The Wire. Its a profound piece of entertainment.

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.