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Taika Waititi Biography

Taika David Waititi (/ˈtaɪkə waɪˈtiːti/ ( listen); born 16 August 1975), also known as Taika Cohen, is a New Zealand film director, screenwriter, actor, and comedian. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his 2004 short film Two Cars, One Night.

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Sometimes there are really happy mistakes.

Happy, Mistake, Mistakes, Really Happy, Sometimes

I might revisit - I like the idea of doing something else with [Hunt for the Wilderpeople characters]. But also I get bored of doing the same thing again. I just get bored.

Bored, Character, Ideas, Like, Revisit, Wilderpeople

In a couple of years I think it [sequel to What We Do] will come out as a script and we'll shoot that. Or maybe it will just come out as some t-shirts.

Come, Couple, Sequel, Shoot, Thinking, Years

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, Things, Think, Thinking, Wild

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

Motivational, Music, Relax

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

Hate, Kids, Modern, Think, Thinking

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

Heart, Character, Actors, Mccallister, Like

My job is to make a film that can sit as a standalone piece, that if it's the only Marvel film you see, it's a great film with a great story in and of itself. The lucky thing is that there's a bunch of geniuses who run Marvel that make sure, even if it's a standalone piece, that it's part of a great big jigsaw puzzle that could be appreciated as a whole as well.

Appreciated, Genius, Lucky, Marvel, Part, Running

To make filmmaking interesting to me, I want to keep learning things.

Interesting, Want, Filmmaking, Learning, Keep

There were definitely Nazis who saw the error of their ways.

Error, Errors, Saw, Saws, Way, Ways

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

Changed, Come, Hero, Heroes, Love

I'm really not trying to do everything that comes to mind because that's when it can be dangerous. For instance, I believe as much as possible, how your camera moves and flies around should be limited to the physics of how you could do it in real life.

Believe, Limited, Mind, Moving, Real

I think I did not like him [Corey Feldman] in Goonies. He's kind of a similar character in Stand By Me isn't he? Well I liked him in Stand By Me.

Character, Corey, Goonies, Kind, Stand By Me, Thinking

Short film: you can be poetic and you don't have to answer anything. You can make whatever you want. You have creative freedom with short film.

Answers, Creative, Film, Poetic, Short, Want

Hitler rounded up all of the vampires in Europe.

Europe, Hitler, Rounded, Vampire, Vampires

The Jemaine [Clement] and Taika works is a very long and slow machine - we put an idea in one end, and it takes about six years to come out the other end. And sometimes it doesn't even come out. And sometimes it comes out as a different idea. So we've out the idea of We're Wolves into the machine, and it's now slowly going through the sausage maker.

Come, Ideas, Long, Sausage, Taika, Years

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, Films, Previously, Reason, Reminding, Tell

Everything changes once you start trying to market the film. Part of you feels like everything is slipping away from you. For me, I don't want people going to the theater thinking it's going to be a laugh-a-minute comedy, like a Will Ferrell film or something. Because it's not.

Away, Laughing, Part, People, Slipping, Thinking

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

Expansion, Film, Stories, Stress, Time

The films I like to watch are when they make it relatable to human audiences.

Audience, Film, Human, Like, Watch, Watches

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