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" 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. "

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

" With some actors, you can tell, just from their different backgrounds and their different approaches to working, they would have just a natural conflict, just a sort of friction. "

" 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. "

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

" I'd loved 'Iron Man,' you know, with a passion. I thought that was the most fresh, cool thing, in terms of superhero movies, that I'd seen in a long time. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Maori get pigeonholed into the idea they're spiritual and telling stories like 'Whale Rider' and 'Once Were Warriors,' quite serious stuff, but we're pretty funny people, and we never really have had an opportunity to show that side of ourselves, the clumsy, nerdy side of ourselves, which is something I am. "

" My world is not spectacle and explosion. It's two people talking. "

" The ridiculous events in everyday life are often overlooked - people don't recognise it as potentially cinematic. "

" I find that relationships between kids and parents are very interesting. "

" I'm always fascinated by the theme of children who parent the adults. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Characters I create are just mixtures of the people I know. "

" The stuff I'm passionate about is what I write; it isn't multi-million-dollar franchise movies. "

" When I became a film-maker, all my favourite films, they weren't comedies. "

" One of my favourite books when I was young was 'Wuthering Heights.' "

" 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. "

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

" I think... part of life skills is also socialising... I think many people make the mistake of not going out... You can spend a little bit too much time with your nose in your book or with your fingers on a keyboard, and you miss out. "

" It was never really my plan to become a filmmaker. "

" Unfortunately, there aren't enough interesting acting roles in New Zealand to sustain a career. "

" Within the family unit, you have people you grew up with who are supposed to be your brother, father, or your mother who are almost like strangers and acquaintances. "

" Visually, I'm always considering shots and composition quite a lot, and I love putting art into films, and I do a lot of the art. "

" You have to write what you know. "

" I love living in New Zealand. "

" I think our first heroes with whom we discover flaws are our parents. "