In this (paywalled) feature for Sunday Magazine, I interview Oscar-winning Taika Waititi to mark the tenth anniversary of his breakout hit Hunt for the Wilderpeople, and also discuss what he's up to these days. 

Taika Waititi is done with Hollywood.

Well, not really. But it’s the sort of thing Waititi tends to say in interviews, and it can sometimes be tricky discerning the degree to which he is kidding. Playful sarcasm, which positively flows out of Waititi, doesn’t always translate in print.

Zooming in from Buenos Aires – where he is directing a commercial – on the morning of the Academy Awards, the Oscar winner says he “forgot that was even on today” when I bring it up.

“I literally have zero interest in the film industry. So this interview’s going to go great.”

I sense japery, but then he clarifies.

“When I say that, I mean zero interest really in Hollywood, anything that happens there. I still like making films. At least I haven’t fallen out of love with that part of it.”