I'm such a fan of Deadwood. I love the characters in that. They're such wonderful characters. I'm a fan of The Wire. Those are all heavily character-based shows.

McLeod's Daughters' was my first regular job out of drama school, and my first full-time role. That was great because I learned a lot, in terms of working in front of the camera.

I lead a very physical life. I played a lot of sports and I spent a lot of time in the water surfing, swimming. I was a big swimmer.

New Zealand is a pretty no-nonsense place to work, like Australia. I mean it doesn't falter to anyone.

I think there's always pieces of yourself that bleed into your character. That's inevitable.

Often too many expectations are put on by society as to what we're supposed to look like and it's fed to people at an age that's too young.

You always draw inspiration from your family or your parents if they've proven to be inspirational. My mother is someone who's always been inspirational to me.

When I'm not working, I weight train three times a week and swim and surf as much as I can - in the summer, you usually find me in the water.

Graphic novel genre become really quite popular. It's really a big screen film genre that they have successfully moved into the small screen.

There's always a project around, but you have to pick and choose.

The rig work can be rewarding to pull off, a really good rig in a set of wires where you're throwing yourself up walls and doing moves mid-air. That's just fun.

People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them.

The 'what should be' never did exist, but people keep trying to live up to it. There is no 'what should be, ' there is only what is.

Forecasts may tell you a great deal about the forecaster

The establishment of the kingdom of God is forever

I'm a big fan of Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty, they're my two favorites.

If democracy is a means rather than an end, its limits must be determined in the light of the purpose we want it to serve.

If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with dentists, that would be splendid.

Advertising works most effectively when it's in line with what people are already trying to do.

And you suddenly know: It was here! You pull yourself together, and there stands an irrevocable year of anguish and vision and prayer.