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Taika Waititi
Taika Waititi
New Zealander Director
Born: Aug 16, 1975
Always Films Just Me People You
Related authors: Alfred Hitchcock David Lynch George Lucas Martin Scorsese Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Woody Allen
In my films, a lot of the situations come from real life. Taika Waititi
Life Real Life Films Come Real Lot Situations
In a lot of my films, the biggest theme is family, making families out of those around you. Taika Waititi
Family You Films Those Out Around Making Lot Families Biggest Theme
I think something that every actor wants, whether they've done four movies or forty movies, is they want to find the work interesting. You want to come to work and think this is going to be a challenge. Taika Waititi
Work You Challenge Every Think Find Something Come Done Going Want Wants Whether Interesting Movies Forty Actor Four
I've always felt that I wanted to make a Marvel film... I just want to make sure I'm not making an episode. Taika Waititi
Marvel Make Sure Felt Always Making Just Want Wanted Episode Film
Indigenous people in films, it's all, like, nose flutes and panpipes and, you know, people talking to ghosts... which I hate. Taika Waititi
You Hate People Films Ghosts Indigenous Indigenous People Like Know Talking Nose Which
The thing for me is that 'Thor' was an indie film that just had a few more zeros on the budget. At heart, it is just a simple story about a guy trying to get home to deal with someone who has broken into his house. It's just 'After Hours,' but set in space. Taika Waititi
Home Me Broken Heart Simple Space Few Thor Indie About Indie Film Someone Guy More Had Budget Hours House Deal His Get Trying Just After Story Who Film Thing Set
My main thing was painting; I was just going to do that. Taika Waititi
Painting Main Main Thing Going Just Thing
I find that a lot of child actors are ruined once they've done a job. Taika Waititi
Job Ruined Once Find Lot Child Child Actors Done Actor
I'm always fascinated by the theme of children who parent the adults. Taika Waititi
Parent Adult Always Children Theme Who Fascinated
One of my favourite books when I was young was 'Wuthering Heights.' Taika Waititi
Young Heights Books Favourite
Characters I create are just mixtures of the people I know. Taika Waititi
People Characters Know Just Create
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
Me World Money Sadness Arrogant Sets Unless Spending Kind About Seems Props Like Dollars Historical Event Film Actor Waste Millions Millions Of Dollars
I really didn't want to be boxed into becoming a certain kind of film-maker - becoming the Maori story film-maker because I had made those short films. Taika Waititi
Made Films Those Kind Had Boxed Because Becoming Short Short Films Want Story Really Certain
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
Basically, the big studios and companies distributing your movie just take a big cut of profit for making posters. Taika Waititi
Big Profit Posters Take Studios Making Just Movie Cut Your Companies Basically
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
My favorite was 'The Lost Boys.' Corey Haim wore this trench coat, and I made my mum buy me a trench coat. I wore it to school, to primary school. Taika Waititi
Buy Me School Made Lost Corey Trench Favorite Primary Primary School Boy Wore Coat Mum
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
Me Other Dream Follow Having More More And More Recurring Look Identical Line Where Again Little Then Standing Keep Actually Number Numbers Nightmare
I'm not very proud of coming from a place that everyone thinks is this pure green country whereas, in reality, all our lakes and waterways are poison. Taika Waititi
Reality Pure Poison Country Everyone Our Proud Coming Very Green Whereas Lakes Place Thinks
There are 100,000 versions of Jeff Goldblum. Taika Waititi
Versions Jeff
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