Quotes by new zealander authors

To me, spending millions of dollars recreating the world's sadness with actors and props and sets - it seems like a kind of arrogant waste of money... Unless, that is, it's a film about an historical event. Taika Waititi

Unfortunately, there aren't enough interesting acting roles in New Zealand to sustain a career. Taika Waititi

Enough New Roles Sustain New Zealand Unfortunately Interesting Acting Zealand Career

Not every person can be an artist: we need people to run stuff. Taika Waititi

People Every Run Stuff Person Artist Need

When I became a film-maker, all my favourite films, they weren't comedies. Taika Waititi

Films Favourite Comedies Became Were

When you're on set, you're like, 'Everyone's judging me because I'm the director, and everyone thinks I'm doing this because I just love myself and I want to do everything.' Part of it's true: I do want to do everything, and I do kind of love myself. Taika Waititi

Love Myself Me You Director Everyone Everything Kind Part True Like Because Judging Doing Just Want Thinks Set

I was depressed about the roles that were on offer, so I had to make my own stories. Taika Waititi

Own About My Own Had Make Were Offer Roles Stories Depressed

I actually keep having this one recurring dream where I'm a little number standing in a line of other numbers that look identical to me. Then there are more and more of these numbers that follow me, again and again and again. It's more of a nightmare. Taika Waititi

There are 100,000 versions of Jeff Goldblum. Taika Waititi

Versions Jeff

I'm just a simple man trying to make his way in the universe. Temuera Morrison

Man Simple Universe Way Make His His Way Trying Just

Weave me a rope that will pull me through these impossible times. Tim Finn

Me Impossible Will Weave Through Times Rope Pull

I'm a live performer and I love playing live. Tim Finn

Love Live Performer Playing

There are some songs where I'll have had the music for 20 years and then finally the lyric will come through. That's not common but it does happen. Then there are other songs that come really quickly. Tim Finn

Music Will Other Lyric Finally Some Through Had Songs Come Does Years Quickly Common Where Happen Then Really

The joy of songwriting only gets messed up if you are trying to follow up a big success, or you are trying to create a hit single, or if you have conscious thoughts of a particular outcome for the music. Tim Finn

For some time, I thought being a producer would be a more fulfilling career than being an actor. But then I went to a conference in Cannes with 300 other producers, all desperately chasing finance for their projects... and realized being an actor wasn't so bad after all! William Kircher

Finance Time Thought Chasing Other Desperately Projects Bad Would Would-Be Some More Than Conference Being Cannes After Realized Then Producer Producers Fulfilling Actor Career

Everyone in the '80s was reading Tolkien; he invented this whole medieval fantasy genre. William Kircher

Reading Everyone Invented He Genre Fantasy Whole Tolkien Medieval

If you want to act, do school plays. If they're not there, create them, and the same with local repertory. They are the grounding for a lot of people. Make it happen. William Kircher

You People School Local School Plays Make Make It Happen Lot Repertory Same Want Happen Them Create Act Grounding Plays

When you're falling through space time has no meaning. Zoe Bell

Time You Space Through Falling Meaning

I met this group of stunt people and it was like, I had found family instantly. We're all a variety of different personalities, but whatever that mutual joy or appreciation of the work is, I'd not felt it like that before. It was, 'Yeah, I'd like to do this forever.' Zoe Bell