Latest Rhys Darby Quotes from Interviews

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• Thor is a legend after all and if you're getting a legend back, you've got to get the Darby in.

  Rhys Darby

  Legends, Ifs

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

• I have a 10 year old boy and a 6 year old boy and the stuff that they watch, it's always... I mean, it could be because we're a funny family, but they love the humor and combining humor with space action, I mean, you know, there's a winner right there.

  Rhys Darby

  Mean, Boys, Years

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

• That's the first time I've been involved in such a big way as a voice actor and this script [Voltron] is very matter of factly.

  Rhys Darby

  Voice, Actors, Matter

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

• I know as far as things like the Thunderbirds, there's a New Zealand connection. X-Files, my connection there... I mean, it could be zeitgeist. I mean, I'm into the paranormal. I have a podcast about cryptozoology. So it's out there that I'm into weird stuff.

  Rhys Darby

  Mean, Connections, Stuff

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

• When I did The X-Files, there was certainly less of that because the script was as it was and it was such a wonderful script and it was quite complex and there wasn't a hell of a lot of improvising I could do to bring to the table, but I guess what I did bring was a sense of self and that the reason I was cast was because I did come across as someone who possibly was only human for a short time.

  Rhys Darby

  Self, Tables, Scripts

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

• I think when I'm cast in things, people take that as part of the package that I would like to have some sort of creative control and they know what I'm capable of, so they let me come on the day with my own ammunition.

  Rhys Darby

  Thinking, People, Creative

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

• The only thing I can say in comparison is when I play comedy characters; I definitely put empathy in right up at the forefront. I think if you believe in someone because you not necessarily feel sorry for them, but you can see how they are the way they are and you can laugh with them, but rather than laugh at them, you are on their side and I think it's

  Rhys Darby

  Sorry, Believe, Character

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

• You've got to have a likeability factor, I think, in your comedy characters. If the guy's really, really funny but you just don't like him or her, then you're never going to root for them.

  Rhys Darby

  Character, Thinking, Roots

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

• I think I can relate to this guy [Psycho Sam] that ended up... This desire to go off the grid and live on his own and didn't trust anyone or anything and I guess the thing that saved him in my head was that he had a great sense of humor.

  Rhys Darby

  Thinking, Guy, Desire

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

• I think Psycho Sam is closer to the real me in some ways which is frightening to admit, but I guess... I mean, I'm definitely into the paranormal.

  Rhys Darby

  Real, Mean, Thinking

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

• I'm not really a conspiracy nut, but I think if I went down a slightly different route in my life instead of meeting and marrying the person I met, I may have gone down this other direction and got myself stuck in my head with my ideas and my thoughts and I'm into UFOs and paranormal subject matter.

  Rhys Darby

  Thinking, Nuts, Ideas

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

• He [Taika Watiti] worked on this screenplay for a couple of years and just getting it right and the result is there. He's made really close to a perfect film [Hunt for the Wilderpeople]... Perfect as you can be.

  Rhys Darby

  Couple, Years, Perfect

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

• What Taika [Watiti] still bring to it [Hunt for the Wilderpeople], it really sums up what life is like in New Zealand, or what our sensibilities, our sense of humor, how we come together, how easy it would be, feels like. You know, we have a small population and so you know the bizarreness of the police getting involved in this manhunt, how the men... And then eventually, the army all get intwines.

  Rhys Darby

  Army, Men, Police

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

• This particular one was very, very heartwarming and is the relationship of an older man and a young boy that are essentially on the run. And so yeah, as I say, Barry Crump wrote a lot of books and this one got into the hands of Taika Watiti who then writing the screenplay decided to really vamp up if that's the word, or ramp up and modernize certain phrases - getting in the humor. So he added a lot of a real comedy perspective onto it which is what I think the story needed anyway, especially for it to turn into a film. And it worked.

  Rhys Darby

  Running, Real, Book

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

• Back in the day, Barry Crump not only had these stories that talked about that kind of rustic personality, but also, he spoke volumes, I guess, of the relationships in the stories that he told in these books.

  Rhys Darby

  Book, Personality, Stories

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

• Barry Crump wrote a lot of books and they were really special. They were kind of the quintessential, mild for the most part, kind of southern man, kind of the true heart of what it meant to be a Kiwi kind of farmer; very kind of outdoor man living off the land. That kind of thing, you don't see so much anymore these days with everyone being metrosexual and lattes and laptops.

  Rhys Darby

  Book, Heart, Men

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

• If you're into comedy, you will know what the show is about. We have so many comedy geeks, comedy enthusiasts, fanatical people who go to comedy festivals and follow comedians, and really treat it like rock 'n' roll - which it can be, but more like the geeky rock 'n' roll.

  Rhys Darby

  Rocks, People, Comedian

  "Flight Of The Conchords' Rhys Darby". Interview with Sam Adams, tv.avclub.com. January 16, 2009.

• My optimistic outlook on life is to sort of be positive and take everyone at face value.

  Rhys Darby

  Optimistic, Outlook On Life, Being Positive

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I'm quite a good reader of people; I like to meet people, and I can tell if they're lying or not.

  Rhys Darby

  Lying, People, Reader

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I've always been a big fan of the Yeti, simply because I have an affiliation to Everest - who was the New Zealander, Sir Edmund Hillary, the guy that conquered it.

  Rhys Darby

  Guy, Fans, Yeti

  Source: www.avclub.com

• That's one of the best things about characters like Indiana Jones. I mean, he's funny. He's done really wicked things.

  Rhys Darby

  Character, Mean, Wicked

  Source: www.avclub.com

• When there's characters out there that don't have humor, I don't find them as believable, because we all have humor, no matter what level it is, we all use it every day, no matter what situation we're in, we'll try and have a bit of a laugh even if it goes wrong.

  Rhys Darby

  Character, Laughing, Trying

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I think some of the big characters, you know, they do these adventures, but they've got something about them, they've got this charisma, and they've got to have a sense of humor. Because whether it be very dry, or very silly, they've got to be likable.

  Rhys Darby

  Silly, Adventure, Character

  Source: www.avclub.com

• MacGyver of course, that's probably my favorite show of all time, because it was a guy who was so, so smart and could use his wits, and his technical know-how could get him out of any situation. There's something about the adventurer aspect of that show that I loved, that he went on all these great missions and saved people without having to use guns or anything like that. And I think that show might even be coming back, too.

  Rhys Darby

  Smart, Thinking, Gun

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I'd love to be [one of MacGyver's buddies]. I'd watch that one and just think, wow, what a life. Living in Hawaii, driving around in someone's Ferrari, and solving mysteries.

  Rhys Darby

  Thinking, Ferrari, Watches

  Source: www.avclub.com