Director Quote by Niki Caro

I recognised that femininity and strength are not mutually exclusive, and I think that femininity has often been equated with weakness, but we know…

— Niki Caro

I'm not at my house storyboarding, and telling them they need to move from A to B, 'Move here and then there.' Never, ever!…

— Niki Caro

I don't see myself as a crusading feminist filmmaker. Not at all. I have the luxury of coming from New Zealand and I've had…

— Niki Caro

Fundamentally, the way I work is exactly the same whether I'm making 'Whale Rider' or 'Mulan'. And those two stories are somewhat similar. They…

— Niki Caro

Martial arts are inherently both incredibly impressive and incredibly beautiful. And that's my female nature, maybe, and my instinct, to make things beautiful.

— Niki Caro

I blew up the mine in 'North Country'. It was about a kilometer long. I was so nervous that I'd do it wrong that…

— Niki Caro

As far as people getting into the industry and creative roles as writers and directors, I would say that technology is on your side,…

— Niki Caro

In all cases, I will always hire the best person for the job, and it just so happens that many of those are women.

— Niki Caro

The problem for me, with most movies for children, is that the filmmakers make the mistake of making it too simplistic. Where a child's…

— Niki Caro

When I was starting out I was way too scared to ask real directors how to do it or ask for advice, I'm really…

— Niki Caro

If you look at my body of work, which is not very big, really, it took an evolutionary leap with 'The Zookeeper's Wife'.

— Niki Caro

I made 'Whale Rider', I saw that to be specific and authentic is to be universal, and I've continued to work in an identical…

— Niki Caro