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> [ The Jemaine \[Clement\] and Taika works is a very long and slow machine - we put an idea in one end, and it takes about six years to come out the other end. And sometimes it doesn't even come out.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taika-waititi/the-jemaine-clement-and-taika-works-is-a-very-long-and-slow-machine/)

[Taika Waititi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taika-waititi/)

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## More by Taika Waititi

> [I come from a big extended family, so it's very normal to be around babies for us, but when it's your own, it's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taika-waititi/i-come-from-a-big-extended-family-so-it-s-very-normal-to-be-around/)

[Taika Waititi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taika-waititi/)

> [That's what attracts me to the kind of characters I try and write - that they're not cut and dried.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taika-waititi/that-s-what-attracts-me-to-the-kind-of-characters-i-try-and-write/)

[Taika Waititi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taika-waititi/)

> [Music - it's motivational and just makes you relax.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taika-waititi/music-it-s-motivational-and-just-makes-you-relax/)

[Taika Waititi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taika-waititi/)

> [ In a couple of years I think it \[sequel to What We Do\] will come out as a script and we'll shoot that. Or… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taika-waititi/in-a-couple-of-years-i-think-it-sequel-to-what-we-do-will-come-out-as/)

[Taika Waititi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taika-waititi/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taika-waititi/when-you-re-on-set-you-re-like-everyone-s-judging-me-because-i-m-the/)

[Taika Waititi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taika-waititi/)

> [My father is a visual artist, so I was influenced by him, and my mother is an English teacher who forced me to read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taika-waititi/my-father-is-a-visual-artist-so-i-was-influenced-by-him-and-my-mother/)

[Taika Waititi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taika-waititi/)

> [New Zealand was such a weird place in the 1980s. For instance, we used to have this commercial in the late 1970s where this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taika-waititi/new-zealand-was-such-a-weird-place-in-the-1980s-for-instance-we-used/)

[Taika Waititi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taika-waititi/)

> [I think... part of life skills is also socialising... I think many people make the mistake of not going out... You can spend a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taika-waititi/i-think-part-of-life-skills-is-also-socialising-i-think-many-people/)

[Taika Waititi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taika-waititi/)

> [ I loved him \[Ke Huy Quan as Short-Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom\] - everyone loved him when I saw the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taika-waititi/i-loved-him-ke-huy-quan-as-short-round-in-indiana-jones-and-the/)

[Taika Waititi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taika-waititi/)

> [You have to write what you know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taika-waititi/you-have-to-write-what-you-know/)

[Taika Waititi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taika-waititi/)

> [I've always said that, first and foremost, I make films for New Zealanders. They're my target audience. Then after that, if people appreciate my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taika-waititi/i-ve-always-said-that-first-and-foremost-i-make-films-for-new/)

[Taika Waititi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taika-waititi/)

> [I find that a lot of child actors are ruined once they've done a job.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taika-waititi/i-find-that-a-lot-of-child-actors-are-ruined-once-they-ve-done-a-job/)

[Taika Waititi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taika-waititi/)

> [There are lots of parts of filmmaking that I don't like. At the end of the day, especially on features, the film turns into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taika-waititi/there-are-lots-of-parts-of-filmmaking-that-i-don-t-like-at-the-end-of/)

[Taika Waititi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taika-waititi/)

> [My main thing was painting; I was just going to do that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taika-waititi/my-main-thing-was-painting-i-was-just-going-to-do-that/)

[Taika Waititi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taika-waititi/)

> [I always wanted to play a dapper gentleman, and I also always wanted to play my mum.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taika-waititi/i-always-wanted-to-play-a-dapper-gentleman-and-i-also-always-wanted/)

[Taika Waititi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taika-waititi/)

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