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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. "
Peter Jackson
Story
Happy
You
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" I mean, I didn't have a huge upbringing with movies, I guess. "
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" I feel very lucky to be able to make movies in New Zealand, and I will always be grateful for the support I have received from so many New Zealanders. "
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Lucky
Feel
" Over 55% of all shots using animals in 'The Hobbit' are in fact computer generated; this includes horses, ponies, rabbits, hedgehogs, birds, deer, elk, mice, wild boars and wolves. "
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" I am not anti-media at all. But the media, the news anywhere in the world, is based on drama. "
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Media
Am
" There are a couple of locations in 'The Hobbit' that are shared with 'Lord of the Rings.' "
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Rings
Shared
Lord
" As a filmmaker, I believe in trying to make movies that invite the audience to be part of the film; in other words, there are some films where I'm just a spectator and am simply observing from the front seat. What I try to do is draw the audience into the film and have them participate in what's happening onscreen. "
Peter Jackson
Words
Trying
Movies
" 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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Audience
You
" 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. "
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Know
You
Starting
" Rivalry doesn't help anybody. "
Peter Jackson
Rivalry
Anybody
Help
" I'm always embarrassed by those rugby player autobiographies which get written by journalists. "
Peter Jackson
Get
Embarrassed
Always
" I want to put everything I think I've learned about filmmaking and storytelling and put it to the test in other areas. "
Peter Jackson
Filmmaking
Think
Storytelling
" I watch 'Goodfellas,' and suddenly it frees me up entirely; it reminds me of what great film directing is all about. "
Peter Jackson
Directing
Film
Great
" I'm not a regret guy. "
Peter Jackson
Regret
Guy
" You don't want to believe everything you read on the Internet. "
Peter Jackson
Want
You
Internet
" 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. "
Peter Jackson
Doing
Kid
You
" There was a great magazine in the '80s called 'Cinemagic' for home moviemakers who liked to do monster and special effects movies. It was like a magazine written just for me. "
Peter Jackson
Special
Me
Like
" The first day I start shooting, I start having a recurring nightmare that every single night that I am lying in bed, and there is a film crew surrounding the bed, waiting for me to tell them what to do, and I don't quite know what movie I am supposed to be making. "
Peter Jackson
Start
Night
Me
" Once upon a time, sound was new technology. "
Peter Jackson
Technology
Time
Sound
" 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. "
Peter Jackson
Want
Time
Meetings
" 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. "
Peter Jackson
You
People
Movies
" To be an original is probably the hardest quality to find if you're a young filmmaker. "
Peter Jackson
Original
Quality
You
" It's not a happy time when a film drops dead on your doorstep. "
Peter Jackson
Time
Your
Happy
" Everybody's life has these moments, where one thing leads to another. Some are big and obvious and some are small and seemingly insignificant. "
Peter Jackson
Moments
Insignificant
Big
" I just think that we're living in a world where the technology is advancing so rapidly. You're having cameras that are capable of more and more - the resolution on cameras is jumping up. "
Peter Jackson
Living
Technology
Think
" I think it's important that filmmakers look at the technology and figure out how to make the theatrical experience a little more exciting. "
Peter Jackson
Look
Out
Experience
" If you take a regular animated film, that's being done by animators on computers, so the filmmaking is a fairly technical process. "
Peter Jackson
Process
You
Filmmaking
" I never wanted to do 'The Hobbit' in the first place. "
Peter Jackson
Never
First
First Place
" 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. "
Peter Jackson
Faith
Belief
Test
" You never make movies for Oscars. "
Peter Jackson
Make
You
Oscars
" Being honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame alongside the names of some of my childhood heroes is slightly surreal and incredibly awesome. "
Peter Jackson
Fame
Childhood
Heroes