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Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson
New Zealander Director
Born: Oct 31, 1961
About Always Film People Think You
Related authors: Alfred Hitchcock David Lynch George Lucas Martin Scorsese Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Woody Allen
The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself. Peter Jackson
Yourself Most Make Form Movies Film Honest Filmmaking
We've all forgotten how to be original. Peter Jackson
Be Original How Forgotten Original
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
Time You Yourself Strong Spend Entertain Ability Only Only Child Develop Lot Up Child Fantasy Conjure
New Zealand is not a small country but a large village. Peter Jackson
Country Small Small Country New New Zealand Large Village Zealand
The big-budget blockbuster is becoming one of the most dependable forms of filmmaking. Peter Jackson
Most Becoming Blockbuster Dependable Forms Filmmaking
Critics in particular treat CGI as a virus that's infecting film. Peter Jackson
Treat Virus Critics Particular Film
When you look at the original 'Paradise Lost' film, you see three kids who can't defend themselves, being persecuted in a medieval way - witchcraft, satanic worship. It was kind of primitive. Peter Jackson
You Paradise Three Lost Way Worship Kids Kind See Primitive Look Witchcraft Persecuted Being Themselves Who Original Film Defend Medieval
Filmmaking for me is always aiming for the imaginary movie and never achieving it. Peter Jackson
Me Aiming Never Always Movie Achieving Imaginary Filmmaking
As a filmmaker, you want nothing more than to have people say, 'I love your movie.' Peter Jackson
Love You People Nothing Say People Say More Than Want Movie Your Filmmaker
Too often, you see film makers from other countries who have made interesting, original films, and then they come here and get homogenized into being hack Hollywood directors. I don't want to fall into that. Peter Jackson
You Made Fall Films Too Other Other Countries See Directors Hack Countries Come Makers Get Often Being Want Interesting Hollywood Then Who Original Film Homogenized Here Film-Makers
Pre-preproduction is the tenuous time before a project is greenlit; before the studio commits to spending real money. This is the most vulnerable period for any film because it's the time when your project is most likely to be put into turnaround. That's film-speak for killed off. Peter Jackson
Time Money Before Project Spending Studio Put Most Likely Period Because Vulnerable Real Off Real Money Any Turnaround Your Film
The Beatles once approached Stanley Kubrick to do 'The Lord Of The Rings.' This was before Tolkien sold the rights. They approached him, and he said, 'No.' Peter Jackson
Beatles Rights Before Sold Once Rings He Him Said Lord Lord Of The Rings Kubrick Tolkien Stanley Stanley Kubrick
It's almost like an optical illusion, 'The Hobbit.' You look at the book, and it is really thin, and you could make a relatively thin film as well. What I mean by that is that you could race through the story at the speed that Tolkien does. Peter Jackson
You Book Illusion Speed Relatively Could Through Almost Like Look Well Make Does Optical Hobbit Story Race Mean Really Tolkien Film Thin
There are perennial stories like 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'Sherlock Holmes' and those sorts of things, which have been around since almost as long as film, and 'Frankenstein' is another one. They're perennial favorites, which get remade every 20 years, and that's OK. Peter Jackson
Long Every Alice Those OK Frankenstein Favorites Remade Perennial Almost Since Like Sort Another Around Sherlock Sherlock Holmes Been Years Get Wonderland Stories Which Holmes Film Things
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. Peter Jackson
Made Doubt Films Incredible Would Would-Be Rings No Doubt About Audience Lord Lord Of The Rings Get Moment Oscar Oscars Career
Film is such a powerful medium. It's like a weapon and I think you have a duty to self-censor. Peter Jackson
You Duty Think Medium Weapon Powerful Powerful Medium Like Film
I mean, I didn't have a huge upbringing with movies, I guess. Peter Jackson
Guess Huge Upbringing Movies Mean
For a lot of my childhood, I didn't want to direct movies because I didn't really know what directing was. Peter Jackson
Direct Directing Know Because Lot Childhood Want Movies Really
The only thing about 3-D is the dullness of the image. Peter Jackson
About Only Dullness The Only Thing Thing Image
I used to send away for eight-minute Super 8 movies of various Ray Harryhausen scenes advertised on the back of 'Famous Monsters of Filmland' magazine. Peter Jackson
Monsters Back Super Magazine Various Scenes Ray Send Famous Movies Used Away
When you're starting out, you know, you have to do something on a very limited budget. You're not going to be able to have great actors, and you're most likely not going to have a great script. Peter Jackson
Great You Out Able Something Great Script Budget Know Most Likely Limited Very Going Script Actor Starting
I thought that there might be something unsatisfying about directing two Tolkien movies after 'Lord of the Rings.' I'd be trying to compete with myself and deliberately doing things differently. Peter Jackson
Myself Thought Rings About Something Directing Deliberately Lord Lord Of The Rings Doing Trying After Movies Might Tolkien Differently Things Compete Two
I watch 'Goodfellas,' and suddenly it frees me up entirely; it reminds me of what great film directing is all about. Peter Jackson
Great Me Great Film About Entirely Directing Reminds Up Suddenly Film Watch
People sort of accuse Tolkien of not being good with female characters, and I think that Eowyn actually proves that to be wrong to some degree. Eowyn is actually a strong female character, and she's a surprisingly modern character, considering who Tolkien actually was sort of a stuffy English professor in the 1930s and '40s. Peter Jackson
Good Character People Strong Degree Think Considering Characters Strong Female Some Wrong She Sort Female Female Character Female Characters Proves Surprisingly Accuse Modern Being English Who Tolkien Professor Actually
In the old days, you cut out a scene that might've been a really great scene, and no one was ever going to see it ever again. Now, with DVD, you can obviously... there's a lot of possibilities for scenes that are good scenes. Peter Jackson
Good Great You Old Possibilities Out See Scene Scenes No-One Days Obviously Been Lot Going Again Old Days Might Cut Really Now Ever
I like to keep an open mind, but I do think there is some form of energy that exists separate to our flesh and blood. I do think that there's some kind of an energy that leaves the body when it dies, but I certainly don't have religious beliefs particularly. Peter Jackson
Mind Energy Think Our Kind Religious Religious Beliefs Some Open Open Mind Like Particularly Leaves Exists Blood Dies Form Separate Body Flesh Certainly Beliefs Keep
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