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Taika Waititi
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Taika Waititi
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 16
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Taika David Waititi
Taika Cohen
Taika David Cohen
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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.
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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
I constantly remind myself that there are terrible movies out there. I try to watch them, some of them, to give myself an understanding of what not to do.
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There were definitely Nazis who saw the error of their ways.
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I've loved comics since I was a kid, collected them, I've always dreamed of being involved in comics.
Taika Waititi
The films I like to watch are when they make it relatable to human audiences.
Taika Waititi
I hate the modern day the kids live in. I don't think it's very cool. Everyone's interconnected.
Taika Waititi
There are lots of parts of filmmaking that I don't like. At the end of the day, especially on features, the film turns into a commodity. You have to play this entirely new game I'm very uncomfortable with.
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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.
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With a feature film you're dealing with so much more money and you've got to be very aware of the fact that you're really working with an audience. You've got to have a relationship with the audience. Play with them and show them things you want them to see.
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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.
Taika Waititi
When you're actually making a film, it's just people on your back all the time wanting stuff and you're constantly having to it deal with them. It's probably the most time consuming of all the arts, but I do love it because it is a great mix of visual art and music and writing.
Taika Waititi
I've become more like water, I'm more relaxed and I'll say, Okay, let's just completely change it and do it that way.
Taika Waititi
A feature film is an expansion of budget, stress, story, hours, time, workload, everything.
Taika Waititi
Hitler rounded up all of the vampires in Europe.
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.
Taika Waititi
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.
Taika Waititi
Music - it's motivational and just makes you relax.
Taika Waititi
I want to do weird things and big budget things and no budget things. I don't have a five-year plan.
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