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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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" 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. "

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

" I haven't got a real job. "

" I don't really want to make a stylized film or anything too surreal. "

" I think it's important that filmmakers look at the technology and figure out how to make the theatrical experience a little more exciting. "

" I didn't want people to sit there and watch 10 minutes of film,and all they write about is 48 frames. "

" We're human beings, and we want stories. We're always going to be entertained and have our emotions touched by humanity and by things that we recognize in our own lives. So whilst every now and again we'll be happy to watch a bubblegum film, it's never gonna be the only things that get made. "

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

" I love collaborating with people. "

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

" I was bullied and regarded as little bit of an oddball myself. "

" Where film is infinitely superior to any other medium is emotion and story and character. "

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

" As a filmmaker, I believe in trying to make movies that invite the audience to be part of the film; in other words, there are some films where I'm just a spectator and am simply observing from the front seat. What I try to do is draw the audience into the film and have them participate in what's happening onscreen. "

" When I was about 14, I got a splicing kit, which means you could chop up the film into little pieces and switch the order around and glue it together. "

" 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 don't think that because you die and move on to somewhere else that you lose your sense of humor. "

" When you look at the original 'Paradise Lost' film, you see three kids who can't defend themselves, being persecuted in a medieval way - witchcraft, satanic worship. It was kind of primitive. "

" 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.' "

" I've always been happy to take a gamble on myself. "

" For a lot of my childhood, I didn't want to direct movies because I didn't really know what directing was. "

" 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. "

" There was a great magazine in the '80s called 'Cinemagic' for home moviemakers who liked to do monster and special effects movies. It was like a magazine written just for me. "

" 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. "

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

" '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. "

" 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. "

" Anything you can imagine, you can put on film. "

" Filmmakers have to commit to making 3-D films properly like Jim Cameron did and not do cheap conversions at the tail end of the process. "