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

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" 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. "

" I'm not very proud of coming from a place that everyone thinks is this pure green country whereas, in reality, all our lakes and waterways are poison. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" I don't think there's much tolerance for people who are a little different or withdrawn or quiet. They always seem to be the ones who stick out the most, the ones who want to just shy away and withdraw. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" I love living in New Zealand. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You have to write what you know. "

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

" I daydream all the time. "

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

" 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. "

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

" My job is to express myself. "

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