Peter Jackson Quotes

• I read the book when I was 18 years old and thought ‘I can’t wait till the movie comes out’. Twenty years later no one had done it—so I got impatient.

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• I was bullied and regarded as little bit of an oddball myself.

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• Actors will never be replaced. The thought that somehow a computer version of a character is going to be something people prefer to look at is a ludicrous idea.

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• The only thing about 3-D is the dullness of the image.

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• The vast majority of the CGI budget is labor.

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• The big-budget blockbuster is becoming one of the most dependable forms of filmmaking.

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

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• One of the first movies I ever saw was ‘Batman,’ based on the TV series with Adam West and Burt Ward.

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

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• Rivalry doesn’t help anybody.

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• For a lot of my childhood, I didn’t want to direct movies because I didn’t really know what directing was.

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• I mean, I didn’t have a huge upbringing with movies, I guess.

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• I didn’t want my kids having to pass through an airport named after their father.

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

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• 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.

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

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• What I don’t like are pompous, pretentious movies.

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• It’s always good to get a goal on your first shift, but this was a game it seemed everything was going in.

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• To get an Oscar would be an incredible moment in my career, there is no doubt about that. But the ‘Lord of the Rings’ films are not made for Oscars, they are made for the audience.

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• New Zealand is not a small country but a large village.

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Peter Jackson (21)

Birth:	31st October, 1961
Nationality:	New Zealander
Profession:	Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter

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