"I'm a passionate person, and I care deeply about the work I do. It's very, very important to me that it's well received."

“Cinema is capitalism in its purest form.... There is only one solution - turn one's back on American cinema.”

“There's something funny about being on a big stage and not making a big effort to fill it up”

Source : "'Conchords': HBO's new 'mascots' for New Zealand". Interview with Christine Fenno, ew.com. June 14, 2007.

“The war of ideas is a Greek invention. It is one of the most important inventions ever made. Indeed, the possibility of fighting with with words and ideas instead of fighting with swords is the very basis of our civilization, and especially of all its legal and parliamentary institutions.”

“They appear to have had a higher voter turnout in Iraq than we did in our recent federal elections, and we didnt have terrorists threatening to kill our families if we voted.”

“What you should want from life is an arena big enough to express your talents and gifts.”

“I made my choice to be in Ferrari. It is not easy because it is important for a man to have satisfaction. And for me to get the satisfaction I want means getting results.”

“One of the greatest satisfactions one can ever have, comes from the knowledge that he can do some one thing superlatively well.”

“was revolution much more than one fast kick forward in the long process called evolution? We condemened the 'cost' of revolution; but was it higher than the cost over centuries in backward, underdeveloped communities, which still covered two-thirds of the earth and which still could not guarantee their populations daily bread?”