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The core of the film [Hunt fo...

The core of the film [Hunt for the Wilderpeople] is that relationship. Whether they're getting on or whether they're not. If that relationship works, then everything else works as well. And you kind of almost, sort of, gives into a realm of something like New Zealand magic realism... There is no world in which social work is actually pursues some kid into the woods in this manner.

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It took me 30 years, but I fi...

It took me 30 years, but I finally bought myself the Patek Philippe watch I'd always wanted. It's ridiculous how much I love it.

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I think you need brains to do...

I think you need brains to do any Shakespeare with any authority. I could do Shakespeare, but not with any authority.

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I'm not big on Champagne, but...

I'm not big on Champagne, but I'd take along a bottle of Cristal to pop for when the boat comes to the rescue.

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I get very antsy and nervous ...

I get very antsy and nervous if I don't know what the next job is.

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If you're making films in New...

If you're making films in New Zealand, you can't avoid the landscape. It's certainly more handsome than I am.

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I certainly don't want to die...

I certainly don't want to die playing a round of golf. And I don't want to die like Elvis. That's all they remember about him - the most beautiful man on the planet.

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Do you know, I'm not as much ...

Do you know, I'm not as much of a moviegoer as I should be, and I do end up - because I'm travelling so much - I end up seeing movies on aeroplanes, which is the worst possible way to see a movie!

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If it looks like fun, and it ...

If it looks like fun, and it looks like quality, then I'll do it. I don't feel compelled to work - or not to work.

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It makes the day considerably...

It makes the day considerably more enjoyable when you're working with people you think are good, and it makes your job easier, too.

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When I left university I was ...

When I left university I was working for a documentary film company for six or seven years to the great relief of my father whose greatest waking fear was that I would become an actor.

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As much as possible, I try to...

As much as possible, I try to encourage people to use stunt men because that is really their job.

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I like Taika Waititi a lot. I...

I like Taika Waititi a lot. I thought 'Boy' was a really wonderful film, had great resonance. Very sad but also very funny. I thought 'What We Do in the Shadows,' the vampire film, was fantastic.

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It was just as well I found a...

It was just as well I found acting because I had no aptitude for anything else.

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I don't think I ever felt an ...

I don't think I ever felt an outsider when I had a stutter.

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I'm not sure it's affection f...

I'm not sure it's affection for Australian or New Zealand films or not. I think it's just that there's something about 'Wilderpeople' that has really struck a chord.

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I go by the role pretty much....

I go by the role pretty much. And I think the only genre I haven't gotten to do but I'd love to is a western, but no one has ever asked me to do that. Unfortunately they are very few and far between these days, but that is one type of film I'd love to do.

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This was only Taika Watiti fou...

This was only Taika Watiti fourth film [Hunt for the Wilderpeople], but I think he brings a very original way of looking at stuff and I think if you look at Boy, for instance, which is a beautiful film, that was his second feature, and it's heartbreakingly sad, but it's also simultaneously very funny. There are not many people who can do that.

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In the case of Wilderpeople, I...

In the case of Wilderpeople, I walked on the first day with some apprehension actually; because it doesn't come anywhere close to anything I've really played before, this part.

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Magic realism - somebody used ...

Magic realism - somebody used that phrase the other day that is familiar with South American literature. That rang a bell. It resonates with me.

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