Kodi Smit-McPhee quotes:

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

I really like driving cars. I love car games.

I think everyone has been different once in their life.

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.

Usually, I think, every film I've made has been a book, and I've always read it.

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.

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.

I think 'Paranorman' was a great adventure.

My sister's an actor as well.

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

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

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.

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

I dont really like simple characters too much; its too easy. I like a challenge, and I like characters you connect with on screen.

I havent done a lot of studio movies, but studio movies and independent films are always just as fun as each other.

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.