I hope one day that I'll get to make another horror film; I'd love to. — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
I don't really want to make a stylized film or anything too surreal. — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
So many film makers are scared of visual effects - which is no crime. — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
I watch 'Goodfellas,' and suddenly it frees me up entirely; it reminds me of what great film directing is all about. — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
As a filmmaker, you want nothing more than to have people say, 'I love your movie.' — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
I want to put everything I think I've learned about filmmaking and storytelling and put it to the test in other areas. — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
No film has captivated my imagination more than 'King Kong.' I'm making movies today because I saw this film when I was… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
To be an original is probably the hardest quality to find if you're a young filmmaker. — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
Filmmaking for me is always aiming for the imaginary movie and never achieving it. — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
I've always tried to make movies that pull the audience out of their seats... I want audiences to be transported. — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
I think it's important that filmmakers look at the technology and figure out how to make the theatrical experience a little more… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
What is the truth is that every one of my films is a film that I'd love to go see, and I… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
To some degree, I was very dubious of the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' idea - taking a theme park ride and turning… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
You shouldn't think of these movies as being 'The Lord of the Rings.' The Lord of the Rings is, and always will… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
No matter how many great performances or exciting visuals we put together for the movie, we found that it was all somewhat… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
I'm not going to head off and do a Marvel film. So if I don't do a Marvel film, I don't have… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
Second movies are great because you can drop into them, and it doesn't really have a beginning on it, particularly in a… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
What I love about films is that you can see "King Kong" and you can be affected by it and then you… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
With the right movie, 3D can enhance the experience. Absolutely, it can make a good film a great film. It can make… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
I find that in the process of making a film you're constantly discovering things that you never even imagined would work at… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
We're human beings, and we want stories. We're always going to be entertained and have our emotions touched by humanity and by… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
As a filmmaker, I believe in trying to make movies that invite the audience to be part of the film; in other… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
When you're casting a movie and when you're shooting a film, the eyes are the most important feature of any performer, really.… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
And so I look back on not just the last ten years but everything that I've done as being sort of an… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
I don't like directing that much to want a career as a director for hire. I like to have as much creative… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
I regard myself as being the final filter so everything that ends up in the movie is there because it's something that… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
If you take a regular animated film, that's being done by animators on computers, so the filmmaking is a fairly technical process. — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
The big-budget blockbuster is becoming one of the most dependable forms of filmmaking. — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
For me, utter failure is to make a film that people pay their money to go see and they don't like. — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
In the case of 'The Lovely Bones,' I felt that it was subject matter not often dealt with in film, and with… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
I find that in the process of making a film you're constantly discovering things that you never even imagined would work at… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
Where film is infinitely superior to any other medium is emotion and story and character. — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
The entertainment options for young people are a lot broader now, and the quality of films is slumping a little bit. — 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
