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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" The entertainment options for young people are a lot broader now, and the quality of films is slumping a little bit. "

" I have a million questions about my granddad and no one to talk to. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Once you go down a road, you take it through to the end. "

" One of the first movies I ever saw was 'Batman,' based on the TV series with Adam West and Burt Ward. "

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

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

" Critics in particular treat CGI as a virus that's infecting film. "

" If you're a filmmaker, and every time you finish a film, you just naturally go, 'Oh, I could have done so much better,' that's not much fun, is it, really? You might as well go pick another profession if that really is how you derive satisfaction from it. "

" We had to get past the mechanical film age to be able to explore other things, but it will be interesting. "

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

" You can't always look at life as a miserable thing. "

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

" 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. "

" I haven't got a real job. "

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

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

" 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. "

" What I think is remarkable about my mum and dad is they had no interest in films, really. None. "

" Forty-eight frames per second is a way, way better way to look at 3D. It's so much more comfortable on the eyes. "

" We've all forgotten how to be original. "

" I'm always embarrassed by those rugby player autobiographies which get written by journalists. "

" 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. "

" We have lost close friends and relatives to cancer and Parkinson's disease, and the level of personal suffering inflicted on patients and their families by these diseases is horrific. "