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

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" I think everything that you do, you're learning. I mean, every movie that you make is like a film school; that's one of the things that I enjoy about filmmaking. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I mean, I didn't have a huge upbringing with movies, I guess. "

" I never wanted to do 'The Hobbit' in the first place. "

" Strategically, horror films are a good way to start your career. You can get a lot of impact with very little. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I didn't want people to sit there and watch 10 minutes of film,and all they write about is 48 frames. "

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

" I always have had a slightly jaundiced view about people who promote books about themselves. "

" Once the film is out and a lot of people are seeing it, it becomes almost owned by the cinemagoers of the world. "

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

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

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

" One of the best things about growing up in New Zealand is that if you are prepared to work hard and have faith in yourself, truly anything is possible. "

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

" We are living in an age where teenagers are not going to the movies. "

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

" What I don't like are pompous, pretentious movies. "

" 48 frames per second is something you have to get used to. I've got absolute belief and faith in 48 frames... it's something that could have ramifications for the entire industry. 'The Hobbit' really is the test of that. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I've always been happy to take a gamble on myself. "