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I never wanted to be a filmmaker. I still, sometimes, think I got sidetracked by this, like this is a tangent. My main thing was painting I was just going to do that.
Taika Waititi
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Taika Waititi
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 16
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Taika David Waititi
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