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" 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. "
Peter Jackson
Film
Imagination
King
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" 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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" 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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Animals
Wolves
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" Rivalry doesn't help anybody. "
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Rivalry
Anybody
Help
" I didn't want people to sit there and watch 10 minutes of film,and all they write about is 48 frames. "
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Write
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" One of the first movies I ever saw was 'Batman,' based on the TV series with Adam West and Burt Ward. "
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TV
Movies
Batman
" To get an Oscar would be an incredible moment in my career, there is no doubt about that. But the 'Lord of the Rings' films are not made for Oscars, they are made for the audience. "
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Audience
Career
" Forty-eight frames per second is a way, way better way to look at 3D. It's so much more comfortable on the eyes. "
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Eyes
Comfortable
Better
" I mean, I didn't have a huge upbringing with movies, I guess. "
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Guess
Mean
" I can't take responsibility for everyone's employment. "
Peter Jackson
Responsibility
Employment
Everyone
" 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
" I'm not a regret guy. "
Peter Jackson
Regret
Guy
" 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
" 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
" To be an original is probably the hardest quality to find if you're a young filmmaker. "
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Original
Quality
You
" Prosthetic makeup is always frustrating. "
Peter Jackson
Prosthetic
Makeup
Frustrating
" The cameo I did in 'Fellowship of the Ring' was I was in the street of Bree, and I was eating a carrot. "
Peter Jackson
Eating
Street
Carrot
" I didn't want my kids having to pass through an airport named after their father. "
Peter Jackson
Kids
Through
Want
" Adapting a novel is not really about being faithful to every word and every moment the author has created. It's more about that same story being filtered through somebody else's sensibility. "
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Story
Faithful
Moment
" I love writing, and I love postproduction. That's great, because you start to reassemble the film, and you sit there, and you start to really put the film together, finally. The shooting of it is the most stressful part of the process. "
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Great
Love
Start
" I love collaborating with people. "
Peter Jackson
People
Love
I Love
" Once upon a time, sound was new technology. "
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Technology
Time
Sound
" 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. "
Peter Jackson
Think
Blood
Body
" You don't want to believe everything you read on the Internet. "
Peter Jackson
Want
You
Internet
" 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. "
Peter Jackson
Want
Being
Extra
" I was bullied and regarded as little bit of an oddball myself. "
Peter Jackson
Bit
Bullied
Little
" There is a lot of 'Halo' movie material no one has ever seen in New Zealand. "
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New Zealand
Seen
Zealand
" 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. "
Peter Jackson
School
Enjoy
Learning
" 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. "
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Rest
Attitude
Kind
" 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
" The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself. "
Peter Jackson
Filmmaking
Honest
Movies