We had to get past the mechanical film age to be able to explore other things, but it will be interesting. — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
The director has to win, because you should never force a director to shoot something they don't believe in. — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
The first day I start shooting, I start having a recurring nightmare that every single night that I am lying in bed,… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
Too often, you see film makers from other countries who have made interesting, original films, and then they come here and get… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
Structure is important in film, but there's often structure to be found in the most unlikely of places! It's quite possible to… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
If you're a filmmaker, and every time you finish a film, you just naturally go, 'Oh, I could have done so much… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
Most directors prefer to direct everything themselves. I thought I could on Lord Of The Rings, but very quickly found out that… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
I think everything that you do, you're learning. I mean, every movie that you make is like a film school; that's one… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
'Bad Taste' was - it was, in many respects, my sort of, my, I guess, my single-minded desire to want to break… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
To direct a genuinely animated film, you're really having meetings and discussing what you want with animators who then go off and… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
This is a giant undertaking, but I consider this a personal film. It's my film of a lifetime. I read the book… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
The industry has to have the audience in order to make these films. So it's a serious thing - how do you… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
The idea of an animated film is you always kind of get a little bit daunted by it as a filmmaker because… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
I don't have an anti-Hollywood feeling. It's just I'm a New Zealander. I was born in New Zealand, and it's where my house is,… — Peter Jackson Copy Share
You shouldn't think of these movies as being 'The Lord of the Rings.' The Lord of the Rings is, and always will be, a… — Peter Jackson Copy Share
It's one thing to support your kid, but if you have an interest in what your child is doing, it makes it a whole… — Peter Jackson Copy Share
Strategically, horror films are a good way to start your career. You can get a lot of impact with very little. — Peter Jackson Copy Share
To his ex-wife in court, he said I lost interest in you when the Botox lost its effect and you looked like a plastic… — Peter Jackson Copy Share
'Bad Taste' was - it was, in many respects, my sort of, my, I guess, my single-minded desire to want to break into the… — Peter Jackson Copy Share
To me, fantasy should be as real as possible. I don't buy into the notion that because it's fantastic, it should be unrealistic, because… — Peter Jackson Copy Share
I always have had a slightly jaundiced view about people who promote books about themselves. — Peter Jackson Copy Share
Obviously, movies, you're often on location, out in the rain or the sun, in a real place where the trees and the cars are… — Peter Jackson Copy Share
Structure is important in film, but there's often structure to be found in the most unlikely of places! It's quite possible to build a… — Peter Jackson Copy Share
Film is such a powerful medium. It's like a weapon and I think you have a duty to self-censor. — Peter Jackson Copy Share
I remember when I was - I must've been 17 or 18 years old - I remember 'The Empire Strikes Back' had a big… — Peter Jackson Copy Share
