Buster Keaton's 'The General,' from 1927, I think is still one of the great films of all time. — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
If you're an only child, you spend a lot of time by yourself, and you develop a strong ability to entertain yourself,… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
Everybody's life has these moments, where one thing leads to another. Some are big and obvious and some are small and seemingly… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
The one thing with 3D presentations is I think that 3D itself, whether it's 24 or 48, is at a very interesting… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
If I'm lucky enough to be involved in the Academy Awards in the future, I'll just let people make up their decision… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
Every time you do something, people are going to like it, people are going to hate it. You tend to make the… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
To get an Oscar would be an incredible moment in my career, there is no doubt about that. But the 'Lord of… — 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
Pre-preproduction is the tenuous time before a project is greenlit; before the studio commits to spending real money. This is the most… — 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
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
