A biography for Rachel Househasn’t been written yet.
“It's really idealistic and hippy-dippy but I do believe film is a really powerful tool for reaching people.”
“I think we are progressing with race relations but assumptions hold us back.”
“It feels like there's a lot of Maori artists who are doing very well in the world which is nice.”
“I've never not felt Maori, ever. And because of the era I grew up in, I was never not seen as that. I would walk down the street with Mum and Dad and people would say, 'Look, there's a little Maori girl.'”
“In Maori culture there's a lot of humor and just as quickly we are able to express grief.”
“Aotearoa is one of the most beautiful places in the world and we have to protect that.”
“I was around when there was only one channel and when that second channel arrived, it came with the wonderful world of Disney on a Sunday night. We would drop our bicycles and run home to see it, it was just pure escapism.”
“With theatre, we are always trying to engage in a conversation with people and to bring people into that conversation, but I was disappointed the audiences were not as mixed as I hoped they would become.”
“With 'Woman Far Walking,' that was as good as it gets and I didn't want to do any more. It was satisfying but really exhausting and I didn't want to go back there any more. It was feeling like a 9-5 job and I didn't feel excited about it.”
“Actors wrestle with it all the time; they want to be liked. They do. They want to play something that people are going to like.”