John Reynolds
The podcast repeated from 17:45 (starting again from 2:45) until 32:45. Annoying … but great interview.
I love how he speaks – he sounds excited and inspired and like he’s loving his life. Great.
“There used to be this fantasy about New Zealand – particularly the sort of southern quality of New Zealand character – of a certain kind of morose, taciturn, guardedness and a reticence verbally. My experience has always been that give New Zealanders a microphone or an opportunity and often you can’t stop them talking. We have a tremendously rich vocabulary.” (5:46)
Interesting.
I learnt this word today: atavistivic
adj. relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral
Greg Clydesdale
What a FOOL.
“That’s nuts Greg!” (20:13)
Yep. Pretty much sums it up.
Jay Rayner : Great Restaurants
A regular lolathon! Funny guy.
“There are people who love opera who pay equal sums to sit in one of those plush seats and watch the fat lady sing. I would rather stick pins in my eyes. ” (5:44)
“Sensual experiences can come in many forms. There are some chaps who get their sensual experiences wrapped up in PVC by the hour – not my bag. But I’ll happily spend it on dinner. And if that makes me strange and peculiar to other people, well so shoot me. But I feel no guilt over that.” (6:50)
Paul Tobin and Daniel Falconer
Interesting. They seemed nice.
6:34
“I think basically beforehand you would just had to have gone to Hollywood. But since Peter Jackson Hollywood’s kind of come here now.”
That’s cool. Good for them.
