Taika Waititi Quotes

It's fun to do something different. And there are things you can do in a small palate that you can't necessarily do in a larger role. You can go a little further and do things you could never pull off for any length of time, but you can do for the short run.

I hope to always be doing some low budget things.

Over the years, I discovered over and over again that once you lose control, you have a chance of getting good at it. And once you're controlling the work, it's not going to be very good, or it won't be as good as it should be.

I'd rather experiment than follow the same formula. I'm a curious person. It's gotten me into trouble, but I say, 'Why not? Let's try it.'

When I do a take, I very often try things that I haven't planned to try to see if I can pull it off.

You can't buy something which does not exist. In a way, let's make things exist and then judge later. Don't cancel the process of creativity too early; let it flow.

If there's room to make a record every year, and it sounds nothing like the old one, I might do that. It's easy to get in and have fun. To me, if it feels right, that's all that needs to be done.

The apparatus has to serve our improbability and improvisation. Being good and playing the songs is not enough.

I'd rather play here in this small bar and just do a good show. Because it's fun and there's no expectations, it's encouragement to be different, do something new.

When I see a wall that's hung with different objects, framed or unframed, what I like about it is its fluidity and rule-breaking nature. Just experiment a bit.

I like surprising myself. I don't want to do the norm, do what I'm always known to do, write how I like to write.

If I find something I like, I'll chase it and see what comes out the other side. Once a song gets momentum and gets away from you, that's a good sign.

My methodology is not knowing what I'm doing and making that work for me.

When I do short films, I try to do something completely out of my comfort zone, out of my element.

I really like to experiment. That's the only way I can work. It's instinctive.

What's fun for me is to try new things and push myself and not get stuck in one genre or another, or stuck with one character or another.

Improvising things is always changing. A lot of momentum.

You just go for it and see what works. There are no rules.

Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way.

When you make new musicals, you have the great freedom and the great burden that it can be changed.

I could never be like Hitchcock and do only one kind of movie. Anything that's good is worthwhile.

I like to do new things, so I always take on roles that I feel will keep me on my toes. I never want to pigeon myself, so I always like to surprise myself. I believe in versatility and so I would play anything as long as it was a challenge.

The most creative people have this childlike facility to play.

The main thing in making art often is letting go of your expectation and your idea.

We don't hold anything back. We go for broke, and if we have a good idea for a story line, we just use it because you never know and because the dynamics of the show are going to change.