98 Quotes by Taika Waititi

People overcoming the odds is actually a really important part of humanity, and I don't think we kind of get to celebrate that as much as we should.

It was never really my plan to become a filmmaker.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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