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

I loved him [Ke Huy Quan as Short-Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom] - everyone loved him when I saw the film. Now I'm a grown-up and I watch it I'm not so sure - he's so loud. He yells for the entire film.

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."

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 very dark and it's always someone being killed. Usually a child.

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 probably the most time consuming of all the arts, but I do love it because it is a great mix of visual art and music and writing.

I love heroes that really go through ordeals and then come out the other end completely changed.