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" We are living in an age where teenagers are not going to the movies. "
Peter Jackson
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Teenagers
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" Strategically, horror films are a good way to start your career. You can get a lot of impact with very little. "
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" 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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" I used to send away for eight-minute Super 8 movies of various Ray Harryhausen scenes advertised on the back of 'Famous Monsters of Filmland' magazine. "
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" The idea of an animated film is you always kind of get a little bit daunted by it as a filmmaker because it feels like a lot of your communication is going to be with computer artists, and you're going to have to kind of channel the movie through extra pairs of hands. "
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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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