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

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" 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. "

" I come from a country whose idea of masculinity is quite extreme, and I've grown up around a lot of that energy. I've been part of that a lot. And it's very draining; it's quite tiring trying to be macho. "

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

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

" You can have integrity with your art, but worrying about integrity doesn't pay the bills. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I love living in New Zealand. "

" Most of my films - if you look at the tone, apart from 'Shadows,' which is straight-up comedy - the tone is a mix between comedy and pathos, and I really love that. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 actually keep having this one recurring dream where I'm a little number standing in a line of other numbers that look identical to me. Then there are more and more of these numbers that follow me, again and again and again. It's more of a nightmare. "

" I love heroes that really go through ordeals, and they come out the other end completely changed. "

" 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.' "

" New Zealand was kind of getting a reputation for making middle-of-the-road films that weren't really that unique. They were kind of New Zealand versions of overseas films, and for sure, having an Oscar nomination totally helped me get funding. "

" I wish I was less good-looking and more unpopular. Then I could get into politics and use my pent-up resentment about being ugly and unpopular to systematically destroy the country. "

" 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've always found the script to be more of a skeleton, the template. "

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

" Music - it's motivational and just makes you relax. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My job is to express myself. "

" You realise that there's nothing more endearing than people who are desperately trying to be liked or trying to be the hero, you know? Who also probably just need a hug or want to impress their dad? "