Kodi Smit-Mcphee Quotes

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.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

When I know I'm not doing any auditions, I go to the skate park on my scooter or my bike.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

'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.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

I'd really like to work with Johnny Depp: he seems like a really cool guy; he can do a lot of different things.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

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.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

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.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

My dad reads the scripts and passes them on to me.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

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.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

New Orleans is awake all night, and every night is a party.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

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.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

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.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

I like animation: you can go to work in your pyjamas.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

I wasn't bullied or anything, but I was treated differently because I was an actor, and I had big dreams.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

I think when you have to train an accent, it just takes you absolutely into another spectrum of the character.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

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.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

Actors shouldn't be scared. Don't get scared on film.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

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.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

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.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

In L.A., I live right across from Universal Studios.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

My sister's an actor as well.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

'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.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

I'm not really sure if I have anything that inspires me.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

I think I would play Batman. I love Batman.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

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.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

I'm always working with amazing people. They're just kind of put in my path.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

My favorite genre is comedy.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

I haven't done a lot of studio movies, but studio movies and independent films are always just as fun as each other.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

I really like driving cars. I love car games.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

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.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

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.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

Interviews are fun, but I get nervous at red carpets.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

Vampires used to be like Dracula, and now they're young teenage kids, so yeah, I like that.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

I like everything from hard-style techno to rock n' roll.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

I wouldn't mind doing my own film on the big screen. That'd be cool.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

My friends in Australia, they grew up with me acting, so they're used to it.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

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.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

I'm based in L.A., mainly. I'm pretty much there a lot of the time doing work.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

I thought that 'Twilight' would be a kind of girl movie, but it was cool.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

My dad teaches me. He teaches me everything. He's been acting for over 30 years, so he knows a lot.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee

I think 'Paranorman' was a great adventure.

- Kodi Smit-McPhee