I think... part of life skills is also socialising... I think many people make the mistake of not going out... You can… — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
I've always said that, first and foremost, I make films for New Zealanders. They're my target audience. Then after that, if people… — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
Nothing could be more restrictive than working with people in advertising. — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
Everything changes once you start trying to market the film. Part of you feels like everything is slipping away from you. For… — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
I don't like laughing at people unless they're in a privileged position or if they're in authority. If it's poor people or… — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
Indigenous people in films, it's all, like, nose flutes and panpipes and, you know, people talking to ghosts... which I hate. — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
We've got a thing called the 'tall poppy syndrome' in New Zealand, where if anyone is doing really well, it's quite common… — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
You realise that there's nothing more endearing than people who are desperately trying to be liked or trying to be the hero,… — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
The ridiculous events in everyday life are often overlooked - people don't recognise it as potentially cinematic. — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
I've been on a lot of film sets, and I've always promised myself I wouldn't create a set where people dread coming… — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
Most people in their lives do feel like they are outsiders at some point. — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
I remember being in Dublin in a café and seeing him [Jack Gleeson] two or three years ago, and he came in… — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
I don't think there's much tolerance for people who are a little different or withdrawn or quiet. They always seem to be… — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
I really love him [Jack Gleeson as Joffrey in Game of Thrones] - I love watching that character. It's quite phenomenal how… — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
When you're actually making a film, it's just people on your back all the time wanting stuff and you're constantly having to… — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
The family unit is very interesting because these are people that you're supposed to be the closest to in your life, and… — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
When I play characters, I like playing people who just comment on stuff, stand around and talk. — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
I like flawed characters, and I like seeing people who are supposed to be not villains but antagonists. There are elements to… — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
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… — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
That's what attracts me to the kind of characters I try and write - that they're not cut and dried. — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
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… — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
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… — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
My father is a visual artist, so I was influenced by him, and my mother is an English teacher who forced me to read… — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
New Zealand was such a weird place in the 1980s. For instance, we used to have this commercial in the late 1970s where this… — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
I think... part of life skills is also socialising... I think many people make the mistake of not going out... You can spend a… — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
I loved him [Ke Huy Quan as Short-Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom] - everyone loved him when I saw the… — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
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… — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
I find that a lot of child actors are ruined once they've done a job. — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
