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" 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. "

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" 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. "

" The vast majority of the CGI budget is labor. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" I haven't got a real job. "

" There's a very go-to kind of attitude in New Zealand that stems from that psyche of being quite isolated and not being able to rely on the rest of the world's infrastructure. "

" I hope one day that I'll get to make another horror film; I'd love to. "

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

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

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

" I'm not going to head off and do a Marvel film. So if I don't do a Marvel film, I don't have any other choice - I've got to go make a small New Zealand movie! "

" 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. "

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

" I watch 'Goodfellas,' and suddenly it frees me up entirely; it reminds me of what great film directing is all about. "

" 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. "

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

" I think 'Jaws' is a remarkable film. "

" Where film is infinitely superior to any other medium is emotion and story and character. "

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

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

" I don't have an anti-Hollywood feeling. It's just I'm a New Zealander. I was born in New Zealand, and it's where my house is, and my family goes to school there. My interest is to remain in my homeland and make films. I don't really want to relocate myself to other countries in the world to work. "

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

" I love Bilbo Baggins. I relate really well to Bilbo! "