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
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
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
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
What I think is remarkable about my mum and dad is they had no interest in films, really. None. — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
When I start a film, I can sort of shut my eyes, sit somewhere quiet and imagine the movie finished. I can… — 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
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
Once the film is out and a lot of people are seeing it, it becomes almost owned by the cinemagoers of the… — 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
There's no real rules about what you do [while directing]; it's just you just use your instincts as to the pacing of… — 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
So many film makers are scared of visual effects - which is no crime. — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
Filmmaking for me is always aiming for the imaginary movie and never achieving it. — 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
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
Every film is a challenge. I always say that making a movie is like film school - you're always learning. But unlike… — 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
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
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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
'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 Image
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 Image
I always have had a slightly jaundiced view about people who promote books about themselves. — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
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 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 build a… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
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