Bret McKenzie
Bret McKenzie
Bret Peter Tarrant McKenzie, ONZMis a New Zealand comedian, actor, musician and producer, best known for being one half of the Grammy Award-winning musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords along with Jemaine Clement. The duo's comedy and music became the basis of a BBC radio series and then an oft-lauded American television series, which aired for two seasons on HBO. McKenzie served as music supervisor for two Muppet films, The Muppetsand Muppets Most Wanted, the former of which won...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth29 June 1976
CityWellington, New Zealand
Sometimes when you play music, you start thinking, "This is rocking!"
Now it looks like I'll be known as the musical comedy guy. Which is good news for me. Or I'll be known as the New Zealand idiot.
When you think of famous New Zealanders, there aren't many.
I'm easy to get along with, and intolerant.
I definitely miss New Zealand. Mainly friends and family.
I was genuinely starstruck when I met Kermit the Frog. Like many stars here tonight, he's a lot shorter in real life.
You've got to try and do your best, and the failure is what's funny. But you can't be aware of the failure, you've just got to keep trying to do your best.
At the end of your life, you're lucky if you die.
Music-wise, I listen to everything. Leonard Cohen, Randy Newman - I guess I like a lot of '70s music.
It's easy to struggle in New York. I think New York is a bit expensive.
I think the radio is kind of cool, because you're really free to do whatever you want, because you can go into another world. Whereas in TV, you have to make that world.
My acting's very understated. I think my sad and happy don't play that differently onscreen.
I don't know, man. Look at me. I've changed. I've grown up. I've got a job, got a career ... I drink coffee now.
There are a lot of good shows that don't get picked up. Like that Ben Stiller pilot, Heat Vision And Jack? That would have been a great show, but somehow it slipped by.