Top 14 Quotes & Sayings by Bret McKenzie

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a New Zealander comedian Bret McKenzie.

Last updated on December 3, 2024.

Bret Peter Tarrant McKenzie is a New Zealand musician, comedian, music supervisor, and former actor. He is best known as one half of musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords along with Jemaine Clement. In the 2000s, 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. Active since 1998, the duo released their most recent comedy special, Live in London, in 2018.

New Zealander - Comedian | Born: June 29, 1976

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It's easy to struggle in New York. I think New York is a bit expensive.

Bret McKenzie

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.

Bret McKenzie

I definitely miss New Zealand. Mainly friends and family.

Bret McKenzie

At the end of your life, you're lucky if you die.

Bret McKenzie

When you think of famous New Zealanders, there aren't many.

Bret McKenzie

Music-wise, I listen to everything. Leonard Cohen, Randy Newman, I guess I like a lot of 70's music.

Bret McKenzie

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.

Bret McKenzie

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.

Bret McKenzie

My acting's very understated. I think my sad and happy don't play that differently onscreen.

Bret McKenzie

I was genuinely starstruck when I met Kermit the Frog. Like many stars here tonight, he's a lot shorter in real life.

Bret McKenzie

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.

Bret McKenzie

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.

Bret McKenzie

I'm easy to get along with, and intolerant.

Bret McKenzie

Sometimes when you play music, you start thinking, "This is rocking!"

Bret McKenzie