Big budgets don't necessarily give you big films.

When I started in films, it never really occurred to me that I could make a career out of acting.

Actors are easy to like. They are generally sociable, thoughtful people.

I can tell you where I was when Kennedy was shot - which was in the common room at school. I heard about it on the old valve radio. At the time of Armstrong's landing, I was at university rehearsing a play.

In the case of Wilderpeople, I walked on the first day with some apprehension actually; because it doesn't come anywhere close to anything I've really played before, this part.

I like actors. I like their insecurities, their humor and their intelligence.

You never really know who you're going to be acting with, but that doesn't really matter. 99% of the actors I've worked with, and they number in the thousands, I've liked.