Taika Waititi

“'Boy' was about my dad.”

“Maori get pigeonholed into the idea they're spiritual and telling stories like 'Whale Rider' and 'Once Were Warriors,' quite serious stuff, but we're pretty funny people, and we never really have had an opportunity to show that side of ourselves, the clumsy, nerdy side of ourselves, which is something I am.”

“In a lot of my films, the biggest theme is family, making families out of those around you.”