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" 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 people who live on the outskirts or on the margins, or the underdog, I'd rather be laughing with them. "

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" New Zealand was such a weird place in the 1980s. For instance, we used to have this commercial in the late 1970s where this guy drives this car and stops outside a corner store. He goes in to buy something, and when he comes out, his car is gone. He's like, 'Huh?' Then a voice says, 'Don't leave your keys in the car.' "

Taika Waititi

Weird

Late

Car

" I had a country upbringing in a predominantly Maori community, and that contrasted with a very multi-cultured arts community in the Aro Valley in Wellington: growing up around a lot of theatre and poets and writers and stuff. "

" We all have to remember that New Zealand is built on these kind of people who are rebels and renegades, people doing it their own way, fighting for freedom, and braving the elements. I think it's cool to celebrate that. "

" The family unit is very interesting because these are people that you're supposed to be the closest to in your life, and yet that's where you find the greatest distances between people as well - especially between parents and kids. "

" 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 very different experience for us. "

Taika Waititi

Big

Own

" I play music all the time because silence freaks me out. "

" I was depressed about the roles that were on offer, so I had to make my own stories. "

" 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 a commodity. You have to play this entirely new game I'm very uncomfortable with. "

" Coming from a very small country, it's always nice to see our own doing well. "

" 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. "

" In a lot of my films, the biggest theme is family, making families out of those around you. "

" Kids are always very savvy. It doesn't take long for a kid to realize when an adult is a loser. "

" 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 to work. "

" I've never been a guy who was anal about housework. A typical Wellington flat when I was flatting was a warehouse with, basically, sheets hung up for walls. "

Taika Waititi

Walls

Been

" I like flawed characters, and I like seeing people who are supposed to be not villains but antagonists. There are elements to them, which are really annoying, but you kind of see where they came from. You see the things that caused those inadequacies. "

" My style of working is I'll often be behind the camera, or right next to the camera yelling words at people, like, 'Say this, say this! Say it this way!' I'll straight-up give Anthony Hopkins a line reading. I don't care. "

" Films that are easy to sell happen to be the worst films. Look at the poster for 'Wrath of the Titans' and 'John Carter': they're exactly the same. You could switch titles. "

" Anyone who has a parent can relate to this idea of not quite understanding who your parents are or making up stories about them. "

" Basically, the big studios and companies distributing your movie just take a big cut of profit for making posters. "

" As kids, we all thought Bob Marley was Maori. "

" When I play characters, I like playing people who just comment on stuff, stand around and talk. "

" I think everyone has experienced those boring arguments about whose turn it is to do the dishes. "

" I'm in all my films, I can't help it. I just jam myself in there if there's a space. "

" In my films, a lot of the situations come from real life. "

" 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

Doing

Myself

" You make up a character, there's always gonna be parts of you that, like it or not, shine through. "

" There's nothing cooler than going to work and hanging around with your friends and laughing, because it's something that you get told off for throughout your entire time at school... it's just like a big 'in your face' to those bully teachers that you had when you were a kid. "

" Shooting a movie should be fun! It's not a real job. It can be hard, but at the end of the day, we're dressing up and playing pretend. "

" I've loved vampires since I was a kid, or loved a lot of the vampire movies that I saw. Anything with sharp teeth, really. I remember you could get those fake vampire teeth, and I remember just keeping them in all the time. "

" 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

Heart

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