I think something that every actor wants, whether they've done four movies or forty movies, is they want to find the work interesting. You want to come to work and think this is going to be a challenge.
Taika WaititiRead
People overcoming the odds is actually a really important part of humanity, and I don't think we kind of get to celebrate that as much as we should.
Interpretation
Celebrating human resilience in the face of challenges is crucial for society.
This quote highlights the importance of acknowledging and celebrating the stories of individuals who overcome significant challenges. It suggests that such stories are central to the human experience and deserve more recognition and appreciation, as they can inspire and uplift others facing their own difficulties.
In practice
In a motivational speech to uplift a struggling audience.
I think something that every actor wants, whether they've done four movies or forty movies, is they want to find the work interesting. You want to come to work and think this is going to be a challenge.
If someone asked, 'What are your films like?,' the best I can come up with is that they're, like, a fine balance between comedy and drama. And they deal mainly with the clumsiness of humanity.
I'm not interested in doing work that doesn't captivate me.
The stuff I'm passionate about is what I write; it isn't multi-million-dollar franchise movies.
I love films that make you feel something but also deliver that payload behind jokes.
I like flawed characters, and I like seeing people who are supposed to be not villains but antagonists. There are elements to them, which are really annoying, but you kind of see where they came from. You see the things that caused those inadequacies.
It is said that the darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn.
I want to be a force for real good. In other words. I know that there are bad forces, forces that bring suffering to others and misery to the world, but I want to be the opposite force. I want to be the force which is truly for good.
Rise free from care before the dawn, and seek adventures.
What the world need is people who have come alive.
I have never ceased to rejoice that God has appointed me to such an office.
I live in constant anticipation of good stuff. It's not being 'Pollyanna' about things, but most stories don't have the ending we would give them right away. The better endings come later.
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