I hate to say it, but there seems to have been some sort of dumbing down as far as movies go. Sam Neill More Quotes by Sam Neill More Quotes From Sam Neill This was only Taika Watiti fourth film [Hunt for the Wilderpeople], but I think he brings a very original way of looking at stuff and I think if you look at Boy, for instance, which is a beautiful film, that was his second feature, and it's heartbreakingly sad, but it's also simultaneously very funny. There are not many people who can do that. Sam Neill beautifulboysthinking In the case of Wilderpeople, I walked on the first day with some apprehension actually; because it doesn't come anywhere close to anything I've really played before, this part. Sam Neill apprehensioncasesfirsts Big budgets don't necessarily give you big films. Sam Neill filmbigsgiving I never met Barry Crump, but I was in an audience once for a play once. There was a drunken man at the back of the auditorium that was shouting during a performance of a one man play, and it turned out later on that was Barry Crump and he was in a state of inebriation. Sam Neill statesplaymen Actors are easy to like. They are generally sociable, thoughtful people. Sam Neill thoughtfulactorspeople You never really know who you're going to be acting with, but that doesn't really matter. 99% of the actors I've worked with, and they number in the thousands, I've liked. Sam Neill actorsactingnumbers I can never really remember what I look like. I'm just sort of neutral. I don't think I'm sort of, you know, hideous. Sam Neill rememberlooksthinking Dexter' I'm very fond of. I got addicted to that. Sam Neill I go by the role pretty much. And I think the only genre I haven't gotten to do but I'd love to is a western, but no one has ever asked me to do that. Unfortunately they are very few and far between these days, but that is one type of film I'd love to do. Sam Neill filmrolesthinking People turn into fools when they see a movie star and do weird things. Sam Neill foolstarspeople Try and fit in in a New Zealand playground with an Armagh accent - it doesn't work. Sam Neill accentsfittrying When I left university I was working for a documentary film company for six or seven years to the great relief of my father whose greatest waking fear was that I would become an actor. Sam Neill relieffatheryears If you want to learn about America, watch The Wire. Its a profound piece of entertainment. Sam Neill wireprofoundamerica I can tell you where I was when Kennedy was shot - which was in the common room at school. I heard about it on the old valve radio. At the time of Armstrong's landing, I was at university rehearsing a play. Sam Neill playroomsschool As much as possible, I try to encourage people to use stunt men because that is really their job. Sam Neill encouragementjobspeople I get very antsy and nervous if I don't know what the next job is. Sam Neill nervousnextjobs If you're making films in New Zealand, you can't avoid the landscape. It's certainly more handsome than I am. Sam Neill i-amnewyouhandsome I feel very privileged working with other actors. Actors tend to be the best company I know. Sam Neill feelbestknowcompany I think so much of your energy when you're growing up is about becoming independent of your parents. And the older you get, the more you realise you're actually so much part and parcel of the same kind of material. Sam Neill parentsthinkyouenergy I'm serviceable. I'm durable. I get the job done. Sam Neill durablegetjobdone
