Jemaine Clement Quotes

• There are a lot of difficult situations that lead to awkwardness.

  Jemaine Clement

  Difficult Situations, Difficult, Situation

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

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• In real life I'm very low-key. A wallflower. One of the reasons I went into comedy and acting was that I was sick of being shy.

  Jemaine Clement

  Real, Keys, Sick

  "Jemaine Clement: 'I was in a public park replicating gay porn pics in my underpants'". Interview Killian Fox, www.theguardian.com. August 28, 2010.

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• They're turnin' kids into slaves just to make cheaper sneakers But what's the real cost 'cause the sneakers don't seem that much cheaper Why are we still payin' so much for sneakers when you got them made by little slave kids? What are your overheads?!

  Jemaine Clement

  Real, Kids, Sneakers

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• I don't think I'm cut out to be a supervillain. I think I'd be a supervillain that would exercise some form of mind control. Rather than war, I'd force people to get on with each other and I'd force people to argue reasonably about things rather than be polemical. So I'd be a supervillain that makes everyone get on, but forcefully. There would be no choice about it. No free will.

  Jemaine Clement

  War, Exercise, Cutting

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• The writing is just a boring job. It's just a horrible job.

  Jemaine Clement

  Jobs, Writing, Boring

  Interview with Sean O'Neal, film.avclub.com. October 30, 2009.

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• Why can't a heterosexual guy tell a heterosexual guy / That he thinks his booty is fly?

  Jemaine Clement

  Thinking, Guy, Booty

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• I miss the city Bret and I live in, Wellington. It's a good place to be creative, in the same way New York is.

  Jemaine Clement

  New York, Cities, Creative

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

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• I'm part Maori. My mum's Maori, and she raised me. And my grandma, she's Maori.

  Jemaine Clement

  Grandma, Mum, Raised

  Interview with Sean O'Neal, www.avclub.com. October 30, 2009.

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• Well, I grew up in the '80s, which was a really massive time for sci-fi.

  Jemaine Clement

  Sci Fi, Grew Up, Wells

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• They don't get along with me, but I get along with other people.

  Jemaine Clement

  People

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

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• What do I think of L.A.? It's boring, with some amazing nuggets. Like there are some parts of it that are great, but by and large I think it's quite boring.

  Jemaine Clement

  Thinking, Nuggets, Boring

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm actively going out onto the porch and noodling around on my guitar.

  Jemaine Clement

  Guitar, Going Out, Porch

  Interview with Sean O'Neal, film.avclub.com. October 30, 2009.

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• I try to have a balance of things you like and things you don't like about a character. But once you start that, all these scripts are like, "You play the douchebag friend of Ashton Kutcher." It's all these characters that are overconfident or hyper-masculine.

  Jemaine Clement

  Character, Play, Balance

  Interview with Sean O'Neal, film.avclub.com. October 30, 2009.

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• I can only think of one wacky best friend who I thought was awesome: Rhys Ifans in 'Notting Hill.' He really nailed the wacky best friend.

  Jemaine Clement

  Friendship, Thinking, Hills

  Interview with Sean O'Neal, www.avclub.com. October 30, 2009.

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

  Jemaine Clement

  Effort, Bigs, Stage

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

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• I grew up in front of a TV.

  Jemaine Clement

  Tvs, Grew Up, Grew

  Interview with Sean O'Neal, film.avclub.com. October 30, 2009.

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• I'm a real pawn-shopper.

  Jemaine Clement

  Real, Pawns, Shoppers

  Interview with Sean O'Neal, film.avclub.com. October 30, 2009.

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• I think that would be great, if I could be in a city and wasn't even allowed to work.

  Jemaine Clement

  Thinking, Cities, Would Be

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

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• The book is even quirkier, but it's hard to bring all of that stuff to a movie. With a book, you use your imagination more and create your own way to make it all make sense.

  Jemaine Clement

  Book, Imagination, Use

  Source: collider.com

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