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The big-budget blockbuster is becoming one of the most dependable forms of filmmaking. — Peter Jackson

Once you go down a road, you take it through to the end. — Peter Jackson

I just got tired of being overweight and unfit, so I changed my diet from hamburgers to yogurt and muesli, and it seems to work. — Peter Jackson

While you're finding evidence of innocence, you also find evidence that points to other people. — Peter Jackson

The cameo I did in 'Fellowship of the Ring' was I was in the street of Bree, and I was eating a carrot. — Peter Jackson

For a lot of my childhood, I didn't want to direct movies because I didn't really know what directing was. — Peter Jackson

He who must search a haystack for a needle is likely to end up with the attitude that the needle is not worth the search. — Peter Jackson

As an actor, you're like, 'Yeah, I want that phone call from Peter Jackson saying, 'You're my first choice for Thorin Oakenshield.' — Richard C. Armitage

I want to put everything I think I've learned about filmmaking and storytelling and put it to the test in other areas. — Peter Jackson

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

I don't think that because you die and move on to somewhere else that you lose your sense of humor. — Peter Jackson

Prosthetic makeup is always frustrating. — Peter Jackson

It is now such a complex society in terms of media. It just comes at us from every direction. You kind of have to push it all away. — Peter Jackson

'Temeraire' is a terrific meld of two genres that I particularly love - fantasy and historical epic. — Peter Jackson

I am not anti-media at all. But the media, the news anywhere in the world, is based on drama. — Peter Jackson

I am a big Dragon fan. I've said it before- And I was fortunate enough to be born a Dragon in the Chinese Horocope ... — Peter Jackson

I love Bilbo Baggins. I relate really well to Bilbo! — Peter Jackson

The one thing with 3D presentations is I think that 3D itself, whether it's 24 or 48, is at a very interesting point in time. — Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson has just really earned the right to be Tolkien's torchbearer on screen. — Evangeline Lilly

Before 'Lord of the Rings,' some people would have just classed Peter Jackson as a horror director. But there is a mind there. — Christopher Lee

If you're an only child, you spend a lot of time by yourself, and you develop a strong ability to entertain yourself, to conjure up fantasy. — Peter Jackson

Everybody's life has these moments, where one thing leads to another. Some are big and obvious and some are small and seemingly insignificant. — 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

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

Scorsese, Spielberg, Tarantino, Peter Jackson - all of you: I'm here, I'm ready. I can do funny faces, I can sing, I can dance. Hire me! — Cara Delevingne

I don't quite know what an auteur is. — Peter Jackson

I love collaborating with people. — Peter Jackson

I want to make movies just like "King Kong." You know, dinosaurs, big gorillas - it's everything that a nine year-old boy would fall in love with. — Peter Jackson

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

Defeat is always momentary. — Peter Jackson

Remember, pain is temporary; film is forever. — Peter Jackson

There are a couple of locations in 'The Hobbit' that are shared with 'Lord of the Rings.' — Peter Jackson

Once upon a time, sound was new technology. — Peter Jackson

You can't always look at life as a miserable thing. — Peter Jackson

I think my fighting skills have certainly been improved by working with Peter Jackson. — Richard C. Armitage

I make cameos in all my movies for no particular reason other than a joke. It's just a Hitchcock thing. — Peter Jackson

I am Peter Pan. He represents youth, childhood, never growing up, magic, flying. — Michael Jackson

You kind of forget he's Peter Jackson in a way because he's so normal; he's lovely. It's like having a friend direct you, except it's Peter Jackson. — Adam Brown

We are living in an age where teenagers are not going to the movies. — Peter Jackson

'The Return Of The King' has a conclusion. — Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson is a wonderful man. He's a great director. He's found his niche in life. — Luke Evans

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

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

I was bullied and regarded as little bit of an oddball myself. — Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson's instincts are extraordinary, as is his stamina. — Christopher Lee

When I was about 14, I got a splicing kit, which means you could chop up the film into little pieces and switch the order around and glue it together. — Peter Jackson

If I say often enough that I'm going to be in 'King Kong,' I'm hoping that Peter Jackson will take the hint. — Ian McKellen

I never overtly analyse my own movies, I don't think that's my job to do that. I just muddle through and do what I think is best for the movie. — Peter Jackson

As a filmmaker, you are going to manipulate the character as you need to make the scenes work. — Peter Jackson

If justice is supposed to be fair, than any justice system you would hope is based on fairness. — Peter Jackson

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 lot easier. — Peter Jackson

If you take 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' as books, one is written for children, and one is an adult's book. — Peter Jackson

In the case of 'The Lovely Bones,' I felt that it was subject matter not often dealt with in film, and with a tone that is also rare. — Peter Jackson

I never wanted to do 'The Hobbit' in the first place. — Peter Jackson

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

I just got to the point where I literally didn't want anyone else to do it. — 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

If you make a trilogy, the whole point is to get to that third chapter, and the third chapter is what justifies what's come before. — Peter Jackson

I met Elijah Wood once, I met Peter Jackson, I met Orlando Bloom, and they're all really cool. — Daniel Radcliffe

I can't take responsibility for everyone's employment. — Peter Jackson

I've always been happy to take a gamble on myself. — Peter Jackson

I'm always Peter Pan in my heart — Michael Jackson

I'm not a regret guy. — Peter Jackson

Stem cell therapy has the potential to treat a multitude of diseases and illnesses, which up until now have been labelled 'incurable.' — Peter Jackson

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

I think there's still a little bit of that 9 year-old in me and I'm pretty happy. — Peter Jackson

I regard myself as being the final filter so everything that ends up in the movie is there because it's something that I think was cool. — Peter Jackson

I think it's important that filmmakers look at the technology and figure out how to make the theatrical experience a little more exciting. — Peter Jackson

Somebody once asked me how I found Peter Jackson, and I said: 'Well, I parted his hair, and there he was.' — Christopher Lee

I was 17 when Peter Jackson asked me to be in 'Heavenly Creatures.' — Kate Winslet

Fantasy is an 'F' word that hopefully the five second delay won't do anything with — Peter Jackson

I regard myself as an entertainer much more than an artist. — Peter Jackson

As a filmmaker, you want nothing more than to have people say, 'I love your movie.' — Peter Jackson

Filmmakers have to commit to making 3-D films properly like Jim Cameron did and not do cheap conversions at the tail end of the process. — Peter Jackson

The music in a film like this is as critical as anything because Kong is mute. He doesn't talk. — Peter Jackson

100 years ago, movies were black-and-white, silent, and 16 frames a second. So 100 years from now, what are they going to be? — Peter Jackson

A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to. — 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 9 years old. — Peter Jackson

If you work at love, you will find love at work. — Peter Jackson

Believe me, there is nothing more rewarding than making Peter Jackson chuckle. — Evangeline Lilly

Learning how to edit movies was a real breakthrough. — Peter Jackson

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

'Heavenly Creatures' was really the idea of Fran Walsh. It was a very famous New Zealand murder case, but not one that people knew much about. — Peter Jackson

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

Directed By: Peter Jackson Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen — Jamerson INC

I mean, I didn't have a huge upbringing with movies, I guess. — Peter Jackson

I've always tried to make movies that pull the audience out of their seats ... I want audiences to be transported. — Peter Jackson

I adore physical miniatures and try to use them as much as I can and have a bit of a fetish about that. — Peter Jackson

I don't like directing that much to want a career as a director for hire. I like to have as much creative control as possible. — Peter Jackson

It's not going to be too much longer before Xbox Live produces programming. — Peter Jackson

Forty-eight frames per second is a way, way better way to look at 3D. It's so much more comfortable on the eyes. — Peter Jackson

A first edition of Peter Pan appeared gift-wrapped on my bed - Lucy admitted that Asher had drafted her to help deliver that present. — Corrine Jackson

Anyone who thinks Peter Jackson would fall for market forces around him rather than artistic integrity doesn't know the guy or the body of his work. — Ian McKellen

Continuing advances in stem cell medicine will change all of our lives for the better. — Peter Jackson

I'm always embarrassed by those rugby player autobiographies which get written by journalists. — Peter Jackson

As human beings, we always have resistance against things that are different and there's always suspicion. — Peter Jackson

I wanted people to believe that there could still be this little undiscovered piece of the world that survives still on Skull Island. — Peter Jackson

When you walk onto a Peter Jackson set, you can see straightaway that money isn't an issue. — Aidan Turner

The vast majority of the CGI budget is labor. — Peter Jackson