It's almost like I'm obsessed with being in love.

I like dressing up when I can... but it's like when someone does my make-up or my hair and I feel uncomfortable or I'm…

— Rose Matafeo

For so many years, women and people who aren't white have had to be undeniable to get into line-ups.

— Rose Matafeo

Unfortunately we live in a world where I think women aren't actively encouraged or at least not empowered to make good work in every…

— Rose Matafeo

Either I'm going to be like an MGM starlet - get married five times, it will be a bit of a laugh - or…

— Rose Matafeo

I'm very ambitious. I'm the kind of person who still feels as if they could win an Oscar. Albeit, with no evidence to support…

— Rose Matafeo

But being in love - or actually just chasing boys who don't like me as much as I like them - for me is…

— Rose Matafeo

Every time I go back to New Zealand I live with my Nan, and it is the sweetest thing. I don't know if she…

— Rose Matafeo

Being an aunty is the best - exactly what I wanted from this - someone to have ownership over but no obligation to take…

— Rose Matafeo

I'm highly anxious, ambitious, and very hard on myself.

— Rose Matafeo

I literally tried to get one date in five months in Auckland, and I couldn't. Auckland is quite small, so you know everyone, and…

— Rose Matafeo

I've always been an anxious performer. I've never liked performing.

— Rose Matafeo

I felt that mainstream comedy caters to men and people don't even notice.

— Rose Matafeo

I'm a fan of classic romance films as well as screwball comedies. I think love stories are just compelling narratives.

— Rose Matafeo

When you have a kid, it is the death of a certain life, but it's also the start of a new version of it.

— Rose Matafeo

I wanted to make a TV show that I would want to watch and I naturally gravitated towards the genre of rom-com, because that's…

— Rose Matafeo