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" The big-budget blockbuster is becoming one of the most dependable forms of filmmaking. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" I love collaborating with people. "

" I have a freedom that's incredibly valuable. Obviously my freedom is far smaller in scale than people like Zemeckis and Spielberg have here. But it's comparable. I can dream up a project, develop it, make it, control it, release it. "

" I remember when I was - I must've been 17 or 18 years old - I remember 'The Empire Strikes Back' had a big cliffhanger ending, and it was, like, three years before the next one came out. "

" 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. "

" When I worked as a newspaper photo engraver in the only job I ever had, many years ago, I'd get the train home to Pukerua Bay where I was staying with my parents. An hour ride, 16 stops, and almost always, I'd have automatic wake-up, seconds before we pulled into my station. "

" I don't like directing that much to want a career as a director for hire. I like to have as much creative control as possible. "

" I'm not a regret guy. "

" I think we're going to enter a phase where there's less interest in the CGI and there's a demand for story again. I think we've dropped the ball a little bit on stories for the sake of the amazing toys that we've played with. "

" 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. "

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

" The cameo I did in 'Fellowship of the Ring' was I was in the street of Bree, and I was eating a carrot. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" For me, utter failure is to make a film that people pay their money to go see and they don't like. "

" Second movies are great because you can drop into them, and it doesn't really have a beginning on it, particularly in a traditional way. You can just tear into it. "

" There are a couple of locations in 'The Hobbit' that are shared with 'Lord of the Rings.' "

" I want to put everything I think I've learned about filmmaking and storytelling and put it to the test in other areas. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "