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" As a filmmaker, you want nothing more than to have people say, 'I love your movie.' "
Peter Jackson
You
Love
Nothing
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" I'm not a regret guy. "
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" The theatrical versions are the definitive versions. I regard the extended cuts as being a novelty for the fans that really want to see the extra material. "
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" I never dreamed in a million years that 'The Lord of the Rings' would be nominated for an Oscar. Those types of fantasy movies never got nominations. "
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Never
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" 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. "
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" '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. "
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New
" To direct a genuinely animated film, you're really having meetings and discussing what you want with animators who then go off and produce one shot at a time that you look at and comment on. "
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Want
Time
Meetings
" The industry has to have the audience in order to make these films. So it's a serious thing - how do you get people to leave their houses and go to the theater? "
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" 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. "
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" I have a freedom that's incredibly valuable. Obviously my freedom is far smaller in scale than people like Zemeckis and Spielberg have here. But it's comparable. I can dream up a project, develop it, make it, control it, release it. "
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Dream
Control
I Can
" To be an original is probably the hardest quality to find if you're a young filmmaker. "
Peter Jackson
Original
Quality
You
" We're human beings, and we want stories. We're always going to be entertained and have our emotions touched by humanity and by things that we recognize in our own lives. So whilst every now and again we'll be happy to watch a bubblegum film, it's never gonna be the only things that get made. "
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Happy
Emotions
Be Happy
" Second movies are great because you can drop into them, and it doesn't really have a beginning on it, particularly in a traditional way. You can just tear into it. "
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You
Beginning
Drop
" I love Bilbo Baggins. I relate really well to Bilbo! "
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I Love
Really
Love
" 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. "
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Best
Job
Movies
" Anything you can imagine, you can put on film. "
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You
Film
Anything
" You never make movies for Oscars. "
Peter Jackson
Make
You
Oscars
" 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. "
Peter Jackson
People
Character
Look
" Every time you do something, people are going to like it, people are going to hate it. You tend to make the movies on the basis you are making them for the people who are going to like them and not worrying too much about people who don't like them. "
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You
People
Movies
" We've all forgotten how to be original. "
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Forgotten
Original
How
" People regard CGI as a gimmick; they almost blame CGI for a bad story or a bad script. They talk about CGI as if it's responsible for a drop in standards. "
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Story
Talk
Drop
" I want to put everything I think I've learned about filmmaking and storytelling and put it to the test in other areas. "
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Filmmaking
Think
Storytelling
" I think 'Jaws' is a remarkable film. "
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Jaws
Film
Think
" I haven't got a real job. "
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Got
Real Job
Job
" I think that George Lucas' 'Star Wars' films are fantastic. What he's done, which I admire, is he has taken all the money and profit from those films and poured it into developing digital sound and surround sound, which we are using today. "
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Money
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" In every house, when the curtains are drawn, there's a story going on, and you never get to hear... You get the public side of things, the happy, smiling, social activities. "
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Story
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" The cameo I did in 'Fellowship of the Ring' was I was in the street of Bree, and I was eating a carrot. "
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Eating
Street
Carrot
" Once the film is out and a lot of people are seeing it, it becomes almost owned by the cinemagoers of the world. "
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World
Film
Almost
" Filmmaking for me is always aiming for the imaginary movie and never achieving it. "
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Filmmaking
Never
Me
" 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. "
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Think
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" If I'm lucky enough to be involved in the Academy Awards in the future, I'll just let people make up their decision without being involved in any politics. Because it shouldn't involve that. "
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Decision
Politics
People