Cinema Quotes by Peter Jackson

It's not a happy time when a film drops dead on your doorstep.

— Peter Jackson

I think 'Jaws' is a remarkable film.

— Peter Jackson

Anything you can imagine, you can put on film.

— Peter Jackson

I'm thinking about doing a First World War film.

— Peter Jackson

What I don't like are pompous, pretentious movies.

— Peter Jackson

I hope one day that I'll get to make another horror film; I'd love to.

— Peter Jackson

I don't really want to make a stylized film or anything too surreal.

— Peter Jackson

So many film makers are scared of visual effects - which is no crime.

— Peter Jackson

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

It is a wonderful acknowledgment of what has been a six-year journey to make and release this first film in 'The Lord…

— Peter Jackson

Strategically, horror films are a good way to start your career. You can get a lot of impact with very little.

— Peter Jackson

Filmmaking for me is always aiming for the imaginary movie and never achieving it.

— Peter Jackson

I didn't want people to sit there and watch 10 minutes of film,and all they write about is 48 frames.

— Peter Jackson

Buster Keaton's 'The General,' from 1927, I think is still one of the great films of all time.

— Peter Jackson

I watch 'Goodfellas,' and suddenly it frees me up entirely; it reminds me of what great film directing is all about.

— Peter Jackson

What I think is remarkable about my mum and dad is they had no interest in films, really. None.

— Peter Jackson

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

Too often, you see film makers from other countries who have made interesting, original films, and then they come here and get…

— Peter Jackson

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

When I start a film, I can sort of shut my eyes, sit somewhere quiet and imagine the movie finished. I can…

— Peter Jackson

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

Every film is a challenge. I always say that making a movie is like film school - you're always learning. But unlike…

— Peter Jackson

The first day I start shooting, I start having a recurring nightmare that every single night that I am lying in bed,…

— Peter Jackson

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

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

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

As a filmmaker, I believe in trying to make movies that invite the audience to be part of the film; in other…

— Peter Jackson

Remember, pain is temporary; film is forever.

— Peter Jackson

Critics in particular treat CGI as a virus that's infecting film.

— Peter Jackson

The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.

— Peter Jackson

The entertainment options for young people are a lot broader now, and the quality of films is slumping a little bit.

— Peter Jackson

I think that's the job of a director really, to sort of funnel all the creativity into one centralized point of being.

— Peter Jackson

Once the film is out and a lot of people are seeing it, it becomes almost owned by the cinemagoers of the…

— Peter Jackson

Film is such a powerful medium. It's like a weapon and I think you have a duty to self-censor.

— Peter Jackson

The director has to win, because you should never force a director to shoot something they don't believe in.

— Peter Jackson

We had to get past the mechanical film age to be able to explore other things, but it will be interesting.

— Peter Jackson

Where film is infinitely superior to any other medium is emotion and story and character.

— Peter Jackson

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

For me, utter failure is to make a film that people pay their money to go see and they don't like.

— Peter Jackson

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