No intelligent man wears a moustache voluntarily - you can write that down.

Nobody knows who Barry Crump is, anywhere, but in New Zealand he's huge. I am of that age, where I sort of grew up with Barry Crump books. Look, if you read the book, you realize it is actually not a funny book at all.

I think it took us all by surprise. I mean, I knew that people in New Zealand would like [Hunt for the Wilderpeople], but no one really anticipated how much they would embrace it as it is. And it's playing widely in Australia now; they're running it as well. It's going to be interesting to see how it does it in the States, but I think if Sundance was any indication, I imagine it could do well.

Wines are like women in that it's often the imperfections that fascinate.

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

People turn into fools when they see a movie star and do weird things.

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