I don't really want to make a stylized film or anything too surreal. — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
I hope one day that I'll get to make another horror film; I'd love to. — 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
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 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
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 music in a film like this is as critical as anything because Kong is mute. He doesn't talk. — 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
I never overtly analyse my own movies, I don't think that's my job to do that. I just muddle through and do… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
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 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
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
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
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
'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
There are perennial stories like 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'Sherlock Holmes' and those sorts of things, which have been around since almost… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
The Tolkien estate owns the writings of Professor Tolkien. 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' were sold by Professor Tolkien… — 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
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
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
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
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
So many film makers are scared of visual effects - which is no crime. — 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
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
The big-budget blockbuster is becoming one of the most dependable forms of filmmaking. — 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 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
To be an original is probably the hardest quality to find if you're a young filmmaker. — 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
