Top 47 Quotes & Sayings by Kodi Smit-McPhee
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Australian actor Kodi Smit-McPhee.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
New Orleans is awake all night, and every night is a party.
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.
I wasn't bullied or anything, but I was treated differently because I was an actor, and I had big dreams.
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.
Vampires used to be like Dracula, and now they're young teenage kids, so yeah, I like that.
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.
I'm always working with amazing people. They're just kind of put in my path.
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.
I think everyone has been different once in their life.
You shouldn't fight change. You should be absolutely open to change.
'The Road' was my first American film, my first film in the snow. The first of everything. So, I was jumping into it, and that was pretty grueling.
I like animation: you can go to work in your pyjamas.
I thought that 'Twilight' would be a kind of girl movie, but it was cool.
I wouldn't mind doing my own film on the big screen. That'd be cool.
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.
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.
I'm based in L.A., mainly. I'm pretty much there a lot of the time doing work.
I haven't done a lot of studio movies, but studio movies and independent films are always just as fun as each other.
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.
I think 'Paranorman' was a great adventure.
My friends in Australia, they grew up with me acting, so they're used to it.
I like everything from hard-style techno to rock n' roll.
'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.
Usually, I think, every film I've made has been a book, and I've always read it.
My dad reads the scripts and passes them on to me.
I think I would play Batman. I love Batman.
Actors shouldn't be scared. Don't get scared on film.
I'm not really sure if I have anything that inspires me.
I think indie films have more of a fresh, experimental vibe about them, whereas studio films know what they want and can basically get it.
My dad teaches me. He teaches me everything. He's been acting for over 30 years, so he knows a lot.
In L.A., I live right across from Universal Studios.
I think, obviously, everyone has a lot of favorite movies, but I really for some reason just love Quentin Tarantino's writing and directing style.
Interviews are fun, but I get nervous at red carpets.
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.
My favorite genre is comedy.
I think when you have to train an accent, it just takes you absolutely into another spectrum of the character.
My sister's an actor as well.
I think I've been good at getting into lonely and troubled characters because, not to brag, but I'm the complete opposite in real life.
I really like driving cars. I love car games.
If I could choose any car in the world, I'd get a Lamborghini, but I think that's a bit too much money. I'll start off with maybe a V8 or something.
When I know I'm not doing any auditions, I go to the skate park on my scooter or my bike.
I'd really like to work with Johnny Depp: he seems like a really cool guy; he can do a lot of different things.
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.
I think I'm the best fit for characters that have a lot going on inside.
I think everyone has been annoyed at school or in their life, that's a type of bullying. So, you can take those feelings and make them bigger. But I try not to use too much from my real life, because you'll be stuck with that all day.
I'm not really sure if I have anything that inspires me. I think what goes into my work is everything beforehand that I do with my dad. He teaches me acting, and I think maybe without him it would be pretty hard. I started acting for fun, really, because my dad's an actor and my sister's an actor, so I started doing it and it was normal. But it got places really fast, and I started doing feature film auditions and stuff.
I dont really like simple characters too much; its too easy. I like a challenge, and I like characters you connect with on screen.
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