Quotes by Taika Waititi

Taika Waititi

A big part of the humor is in identifying with the tragic elements of the film. The New Zealand sense of humor is very dark. Our films are usually very dark and it’s always someone being killed. Usually a child.

Children

Dark

Elements

A feature film is an expansion of budget, stress, story, hours, time, workload, everything.

Expansion

Stories

Stress

Also with that money comes the idea, “Let your imagination run wild.” Which I think is a very dangerous thing. I think it’s dangerous because you can get into pretty wacky territory. There are things that are too crazy.

Crazy

Running

Thinking

Hitler rounded up all of the vampires in Europe.

Europe

Vampire

I don’t have any room in my heart for that character [Kevin McCallister ]. I like the actor [Macaulay Culkin], but the character, no.

Actors

Character

Heart

I hate the modern day the kids live in. I don’t think it’s very cool. Everyone’s interconnected.

Hate

Kids

Thinking

I have to keep reminding myself that I was hired for a reason and one of those reasons is because of the stories I tell and the films I’ve made previously.

Film

Reason

I like to find comedy or something interesting to look at with whatever I’m working on.

Comedy

Interesting

Looks

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

Changed

Hero

I loved him [Ke Huy Quan as Short-Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom] – everyone loved him when I saw the film. Now I’m a grown-up and I watch it I’m not so sure – he’s so loud. He yells for the entire film.

Indiana

Saws

Watches

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Heart

Hero

Ideas

Indiana

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Kids

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Okay

People

Play

Real

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Quotes by Taika Waititi

Taika Waititi

A big part of the humor is in identifying with the tragic elements of the film. The New Zealand sense of humor is very dark. Our films are usually very dark and it’s always someone being killed. Usually a child.

A feature film is an expansion of budget, stress, story, hours, time, workload, everything.

Also with that money comes the idea, “Let your imagination run wild.” Which I think is a very dangerous thing. I think it’s dangerous because you can get into pretty wacky territory. There are things that are too crazy.

Hitler rounded up all of the vampires in Europe.

I don’t have any room in my heart for that character [Kevin McCallister ]. I like the actor [Macaulay Culkin], but the character, no.

I hate the modern day the kids live in. I don’t think it’s very cool. Everyone’s interconnected.

I have to keep reminding myself that I was hired for a reason and one of those reasons is because of the stories I tell and the films I’ve made previously.

I like to find comedy or something interesting to look at with whatever I’m working on.

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

I loved him [Ke Huy Quan as Short-Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom] – everyone loved him when I saw the film. Now I’m a grown-up and I watch it I’m not so sure – he’s so loud. He yells for the entire film.

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