Jinx Sister

The most expensive items were two Sigur Rós tracks I had to have, and the next one would have been the camera.

– Director Athina Tsoulis on Jinx Sister's $130,000 budget, Onfilm, October 2008, page 12

Give her a call — stop pissing about.

– Hine (Jenni Heka), after catching Laura (Sara Wiseman) spying on Laura's sister Mairie

[Director Athina Tsoulis] wanted to show two sides of how people deal with family grief: one rejects love for fear of it happening again, and another person surrounds themselves in it, cotton wools themselves in it.

– Actor Sara Wiseman on the main characters in Jinx Sister, The Otago Daily Times, 18 October 2008

Could you drop the attitude, please?

– Mairie (Rachel Nash) to her sister Laura (Sara Wiseman)

I don't do alcohol — well, not since yesterday.

– Laura (Sara Wiseman), when offered a drink by Sam (Jarod Rawiri)

... I got to a point where I felt I'd invested so much time and the characters and story still engaged me, so hopefully they'd engage other people too.

– Writer/director Athina Tsoulis on the extended development of the script, Onfilm, October 2008, page 10

... I just connected with it and thought it dealt with really believable things in a fresh and unique way.

– Sara Wiseman on being won over by the script for Jinx Sister, Onfilm, October 2008, page 11