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The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself. Peter Jackson

Movies, Most, Form

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. Peter Jackson

Touched, Own, Happy

We've all forgotten how to be original. Peter Jackson

Be Original, How, Original

100 years ago, movies were black-and-white, silent, and 16 frames a second. So 100 years from now, what are they going to be? Peter Jackson

Silent, Frames, Going

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. Peter Jackson

Close Friends, Disease

I fell in love with stories watching a British television puppet show called 'Thunderbirds' when it first came out on TV, about 1965, so I would have been 4 or 5 years old. I went out into the garden at my mom and dad's house, and I used to play with my little dinky toys, little cars and trucks and things. Peter Jackson

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. Peter Jackson

Lucky, Politics, Decision

New Zealand is not a small country but a large village. Peter Jackson

Small, New, Country

One of the best things about growing up in New Zealand is that if you are prepared to work hard and have faith in yourself, truly anything is possible. Peter Jackson

New, Work Hard, Prepared

In every house, when the curtains are drawn, there's a story going on, and you never get to hear... You get the public side of things, the happy, smiling, social activities. Peter Jackson

Side, Smiling, Going

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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. Peter Jackson

Deer, Fact, Rabbits

Filmmaking for me is always aiming for the imaginary movie and never achieving it. Peter Jackson

Always, Never, Achieving

Everybody's life has these moments, where one thing leads to another. Some are big and obvious and some are small and seemingly insignificant. Peter Jackson

Small, Some, Big

Obviously, with a CGI character, you're building a character in much the same way as a real creature is built. You build the bones, the skeletons, the muscles. You put layers of fat on. You put a layer of skin on which has to have a translucency, depending on what the character is. Peter Jackson

Which, CGI, Skeletons

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

Infinitely, Superior, Other

I think 'Jaws' is a remarkable film. Peter Jackson

Remarkable, Think, Jaws

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

Think, Film School, I Think

If you make a trilogy, the whole point is to get to that third chapter, and the third chapter is what justifies what's come before. Peter Jackson

Chapter, Before, Whole

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

Storytelling, Think, Other

As a filmmaker, you want nothing more than to have people say, 'I love your movie.' Peter Jackson

Movie, Love, More

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

Street, Ring, Cameo

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. Peter Jackson

Through, Author, Created

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

Some, Religious, Separate

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. Peter Jackson

Career, Oscar, Films

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

Most, Becoming, Dependable

The only thing about 3-D is the dullness of the image. Peter Jackson

Image, The Only Thing, Only

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