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Boy made me cry because of how familiar it was. You hardly ever get to see New Zealand on film, most of the stuff that we make is just trying to be American. I think we have our own stories to tell and they don't need to be altered for an international audience. So thanks for being awesome.

Hi, thanks for doing this AMA. I am a huge fan and love Eagle vs Shark, Two Cars One Night and Boy (of course). When I watch your movies I feel like I have met the characters in them before, they just seem so real and familiar. I don't know if it's just because I'm from New Zealand too, so I can really relate or if you're just bad-ass at writing great characters. So my question is do the characters you write represent real people you know in life? Especially Lily, I reckon everyone knows a Lily.

And also, what do you think is the third best animal?