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" Once the film is out and a lot of people are seeing it, it becomes almost owned by the cinemagoers of the world. "
Peter Jackson
World
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" The producers of 'The Hobbit' take the welfare of all animals very seriously and have always pursued the highest standard of care for animals in their charge. "
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" We had to get past the mechanical film age to be able to explore other things, but it will be interesting. "
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" 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. "
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" What I think is remarkable about my mum and dad is they had no interest in films, really. None. "
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" The Beatles once approached Stanley Kubrick to do 'The Lord Of The Rings.' This was before Tolkien sold the rights. They approached him, and he said, 'No.' "
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" New Zealand is not a small country but a large village. "
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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. "
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" For me, utter failure is to make a film that people pay their money to go see and they don't like. "
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" If justice is supposed to be fair, than any justice system you would hope is based on fairness. "
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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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" It's not going to be too much longer before Xbox Live produces programming. "
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" 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. "
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" I think 'Jaws' is a remarkable film. "
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" I didn't want my kids having to pass through an airport named after their father. "
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Through
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" I think it's important that filmmakers look at the technology and figure out how to make the theatrical experience a little more exciting. "
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Experience
" 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. "
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New
Myself
" 'Heavenly Creatures' was really the idea of Fran Walsh. It was a very famous New Zealand murder case, but not one that people knew much about. "
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Creatures
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" 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. "
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" Everybody's life has these moments, where one thing leads to another. Some are big and obvious and some are small and seemingly insignificant. "
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Moments
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" There are a couple of locations in 'The Hobbit' that are shared with 'Lord of the Rings.' "
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Rings
Shared
Lord
" People sort of accuse Tolkien of not being good with female characters, and I think that Eowyn actually proves that to be wrong to some degree. Eowyn is actually a strong female character, and she's a surprisingly modern character, considering who Tolkien actually was sort of a stuffy English professor in the 1930s and '40s. "
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" I've always tried to make movies that pull the audience out of their seats... I want audiences to be transported. "
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" Film is such a powerful medium. It's like a weapon and I think you have a duty to self-censor. "
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You
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" 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! "
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Head
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" The Tolkien estate owns the writings of Professor Tolkien. 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' were sold by Professor Tolkien in the late '60s, the film rights. "
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" 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. "
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" Critics in particular treat CGI as a virus that's infecting film. "
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" I never wanted to do 'The Hobbit' in the first place. "
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" I'm thinking about doing a First World War film. "
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