I distinctly remember watching Annie when I was very little and thinking 'I don't like this kid.' In fact I think I remember thinking 'I don't like a….

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….

Sometimes there are really happy mistakes..

I like to find comedy or something interesting to look at with whatever I'm working on..

I've loved comics since I was a kid, collected them, I've always dreamed of being involved in comics..

I hate the modern day the kids live in. I don't think it's very cool. Everyone's interconnected..

The films I like to watch are when they make it relatable to human audiences..

Hitler rounded up all of the vampires in Europe..

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 t….

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 ….

To make filmmaking interesting to me, I want to keep learning things..

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 ve….

My job is to make a film that can sit as a standalone piece, that if it's the only Marvel film you see, it's a great film with a great story in and o….

I think I did not like him [Corey Feldman] in Goonies. He's kind of a similar character in Stand By Me isn't he? Well I liked him in Stand By Me..

I really love him [Jack Gleeson as Joffrey in Game of Thrones] - I love watching that character. It's quite phenomenal how people love to hate that c….

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. Y….

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….

I remember being in Dublin in a café and seeing him [Jack Gleeson] two or three years ago, and he came in - Joffrey[from the Game of Thrones] came in….

I want to do weird things and big budget things and no budget things. I don't have a five-year plan..

I've always been a relaxed person on set, but I think the main thing is I think about it from an editing point of view way more than I did before..

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.".