98 Quotes by Taika Waititi

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

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.

My job is to express myself.

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.

You have to write what you know.

I really like arcade games and like the '80s and early '90s kind of games, just because there's a real kind of naivete to them, but there's like a real inventiveness to it as well.

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

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

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.