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

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" You have to let go of the control and allow things to develop. You need to have a flexible attitude, especially working with kids. "

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

" 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. "

" My favorite was 'The Lost Boys.' Corey Haim wore this trench coat, and I made my mum buy me a trench coat. I wore it to school, to primary school. "

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

" 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 stories from outside this country, then that's an added bonus. "

" 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. "

" My main thing was painting; I was just going to do that. "

" I don't mind going from sadness to comedy in a split-second or mixing the two up. "

" My job is to express myself. "

" You have to write what you know. "

" I think I'm a better filmmaker than actor, so I already know that. That's OK. I can handle not being a famous actor. "

" That's what attracts me to the kind of characters I try and write - that they're not cut and dried. "

" Not every person can be an artist: we need people to run stuff. "

" I find that a lot of child actors are ruined once they've done a job. "

" A lot of people are trying to get out of their home country and think 'making it' is if you're able to work in another. For me... I'd be quite content to keep doing my own little films down there for the rest of my filmmaking career. "

" 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. "

" I love living in New Zealand. "

" Most people in their lives do feel like they are outsiders at some point. "

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" 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. "

" I daydream all the time. "

" 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 father is a visual artist, so I was influenced by him, and my mother is an English teacher who forced me to read a lot of books and poetry and get involved in theatre. I developed a varied taste for different arts. "

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

" At the end of the day, the reality is we're all losers, and we're all uncoordinated. We're the worst of all of the animals on earth, and there's something quite endearing about that. "

" I'm not interested in doing work that doesn't captivate me. "