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85 New Zealander Quotes

The fidelity question is difficult for me. Society has made us believe we're supposed to be monogamous when we're not killer whales, or whatever the monogamous species is.

Believe Difficult Fidelity Killer
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I love men. They are intelligent and sensitive, but there's also that hard-edged arrogant side, which is just so attractive.

Also Arrogant Attractive Intelligent
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There's a side of me that dislikes feminism. I think we surrendered something and women were unable to reveal any kind of vulnerability.

Any Dislikes Feminism Think
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My dad was very fun and very adventurous, and from a formative age I learned to value men who would do things on a whim.

Adventurous Age Dad Formative
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It was all about flying round the world, working hard, being on the cover of Vogue, making money. It wasn't fun. It was exhausting, but I was young and convinced I knew best.

About Being Best Convinced
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Because I've been on the receiving end of infidelity, I know how much it hurts.

Because Been End How
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Once I was chased by the king of all scorpions. I have the most notorious animal stories.

Animal Chased King Most
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I'm very girly. I love to talk about diets, exercise, kids, make-up.

About Diets Exercise Girly
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Sometimes I think I am still that 5-year-old girl playing with her dogs in the yard. That's how I see myself.

Am Dogs Girl Her
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I'm a dreadful romantic. No matter what I go through in life, I want to fall in love with a man.

Dreadful Fall Go Life
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Teach your children everything that you're not, because they will pick up on everything that you are.

Because Children Everything Pick
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God and death kind of resemble each other, because the only time a lot of people will try and talk to God is when someone's died.

Because Death Died Each
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I am a very open person, and I'm always nervous of being misconstrued. Sitting in the middle of a restaurant makes me nervous. I feel like I'm being judged. And it's funny that I should feel that way.
Judged Like Makes Me
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All you need is a bad angle and suddenly you're 30 pounds overweight.

Angle Bad Need Overweight
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And I'm a pretty positive person - I don't put a lot of energy into worrying, and I'm not a person who lives in a great deal of fear.

Deal Energy Fear Great
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Anyone can look beautiful.

Anyone Beautiful Look
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But things move in circles: one minute it's the models who are famous, then it's the actresses, then it's the designers.

Actress Circles Designers Famous
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Like lots of women who marry young and find themselves mothers by the time they're 25, I felt I no longer had an identity.
Felt Find Had Identity
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People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.

People Decide Extraordinary Accomplish
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Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.

Nobody Climbs Mountains Reasons
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Once I've decided to do something, I do usually try to carry it through to fruition.

Decided Something Try Fruition
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Becoming a 'Sir' is slightly uncomfortable at first, although it is a considerable honor. It is amazing how quickly you become accustomed to it.

Uncomfortable Considerable Honor
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I don't know if I particularly want to be remembered for anything. I personally do not think I'm a great gift to the world. I've been very fortunate.

Remembered Personally Think Gift
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Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain.
Human-life Important Mountain
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The truth is, I'm just a rough old New Zealander who has enjoyed many challenges in his life.

Truth Rough Enjoyed Challenges
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I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.

Enjoyed Climbing People Friends
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When you go to the mountains, you see them and you admire them. In a sense, they give you a challenge, and you try to express that challenge by climbing them.

Mountains Admire Sense Challenge
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I am a lucky man. I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men.

Lucky Man Dream True
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Take advantage of the years of pioneering efforts. You might find this boring, as the young want to rush head on, as it were.

Take Advantage Pioneering Efforts
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Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself.

Adventuring Ordinary Person Qualities
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There's nothing like sitting back and talking to your cows.

Back Cows Like Nothing
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God bless America. God save the Queen. God defend New Zealand and thank Christ for Australia.

America Australia Bless Christ
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The important thing to me is that I'm not driven by people's praise and I'm not slowed down by people's criticism. I'm just trying to work at the highest level I can.

Criticism Down Driven Highest
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I don't make demands. I don't tell you how it should be. I'll give you options, and it's up to you to select or throw 'em away. That should be the headline: If you're insecure, don't call.

Away Call Demands Give
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I really feel sorry for people who are, who divide their whole life up into 'things that I like' and 'things that I must do.' You're only here for a short time, mate. Learn to like it.

Divide Feel Here Learn
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If I don't get the goose-bump factor when I'm reading it than I can't do it.
Factor Get Reading Than
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People accuse me of being arrogant all the time. I'm not arrogant, I'm focused.

Accuse Arrogant Being Focused
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Some of the things you read you get an immediate reaction to so I've stopped reading things now. I do worry about my family though. Some people do try some nasty things to get at them and try and get a reaction from them.

About Family Get Immediate
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When I was a little kid, I used to really embarrass my parents.

Embarrass Kid Little LittleKid
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Reality is, I'm an actor and an entertainer, and I really wouldn't know what to do with another profession.
Actor Another Entertainer Know
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I have respect for beer.

Beer Respect
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I'm destined to be attracted to those I cannot defeat.

Attracted Cannot Defeat Destined
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There has to be a mathematical explanation for how bad that tie is.

Bad Explanation How Mathematical
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Like everyone else, I've had moments when I've felt that I've been losing my grip.

Been Else Everyone EveryoneElse
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I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated.

About Attractive Because Committed
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I want to make movies that pierce people's hearts and touch them in some way, even if it's just for the night while they're in the cinema; in that moment, I want to bring actual tears to their eyes and goosebumps to their skin.

Actual Bring Cinema Even
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If there's anything about someone's life that's important enough to make a movie about it, I have to take responsibility to get all of it right. It's a huge responsibility.

About Anything Enough Get
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I'm sick to death of famous people standing up and using their celebrity to promote a cause. If I see a particular need, I do try to help. But there's a lot that can be achieved by putting a check in the right place and shutting up about it.

About Achieved Cause Celebrity
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You don't want to be the guy whose back's to the camera in the emotional part of the movie. So, you have to be aware of the camera movement and what the camera's doing.

Aware Back Camera Doing
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You don't want to be starting a film not knowing what you want to do.
Film Knowing NotKnowing Starting
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