Kodi Smit-McPhee Quotes
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I'm not really sure if I have anything that inspires me.
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It's kind of a Peter Pan thing: I want to stay a kid. I love it. But I guess you have to grow up someday. Everybody does.
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'Slow West' is a film that I did with Michael Fassbender in New Zealand and Scotland. The director was John McLean. It's a film set in the 1800s. I play a young Scottish boy brought up in the royal family. I fall in love with someone who works on our land.
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I think 'Paranorman' was a great adventure.
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My friends in Australia, they grew up with me acting, so they're used to it.
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When I was 8, my dad asked me if I wanted to audition, just for fun. I did just a little short film, and I liked it. I just kept doing it, and then I started getting bigger auditions for bigger roles.
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In Australia, I can just say to my mom, 'I'm going down the street.' And I can walk around pretty much all the places I know.
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When I know I'm not doing any auditions, I go to the skate park on my scooter or my bike.
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I think everyone has been different once in their life.
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I think when you have to train an accent, it just takes you absolutely into another spectrum of the character.
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The most important thing I have learned from the people I've worked with is that you have to love what you do. That passion will drive you anywhere you want to go.
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I'm always working with amazing people. They're just kind of put in my path.
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I've been joking that 'On the Road' is the prequel to 'The Road.' I don't know if that's a very good joke.
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I don't really like simple characters too much; it's too easy. I like a challenge, and I like characters you connect with on screen.
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I wouldn't mind doing my own film on the big screen. That'd be cool.
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I've got to write about my character every day. I've got to find out where he lives, what bus he catches to school, and stuff like that. You've got to know every little thing about him so when you do it, it feels natural.
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My dad teaches me. He teaches me everything. He's been acting for over 30 years, so he knows a lot.
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I think I'm the best fit for characters that have a lot going on inside.
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I'm geeky about video games. I don't stay inside a lot and just play them 24/7, but if I had the chance, I probably would.
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I haven't seen 'The Exorcist,' but I've seen a lot of pictures of the girl in it. So now I don't actually want to see it. She scares me so much. I don't know what it is, but even though it's quite old now, it still has the best and scariest make-up I've ever seen in my life.
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I'd really like to work with Johnny Depp: he seems like a really cool guy; he can do a lot of different things.
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My favorite genre is comedy.
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Usually, I think, every film I've made has been a book, and I've always read it.
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In L.A., I live right across from Universal Studios.