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
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
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
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
It's almost like an optical illusion, 'The Hobbit.' You look at the book, and it is really thin, and you could make… — 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
So many film makers are scared of visual effects - which is no crime. — 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
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
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
I don't really want to make a stylized film or anything too surreal. — 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 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