Peter Jackson Quotes

New Zealander - Director Born: October 31, 1961

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

Yourself, Movies, Filmmaking, Film, Make

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

Small, Village, New, Country, Zealand

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. Peter Jackson

Words, Believe, Trying, Movies, Try

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

Wolves, Birds, Animals, Wild, Shots

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

Myself, Happy, Always, Take, Been

Being honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame alongside the names of some of my childhood heroes is slightly surreal and incredibly awesome. Peter Jackson

Walk, Childhood, Fame, Heroes, Hollywood

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

Eating, Street, Ring, Fellowship, Carrot

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. Peter Jackson

Love, Great, Together, Writing, Start

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

Learning, School, Think, You, Enjoy

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

Be Original, Forgotten, Original, How

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'The Return Of The King' has a conclusion. Peter Jackson

King, Conclusion, Return

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

Movies, Now, 100 Years, Black-And-White

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

Me, Filmmaking, Achieving, Never, Always

If justice is supposed to be fair, than any justice system you would hope is based on fairness. Peter Jackson

Hope, Justice, You, Fairness, Fair, Than

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

Work, Faith, Yourself, Best, Work Hard

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

Life, Small, Moments, Obvious, Big, Some

We had to get past the mechanical film age to be able to explore other things, but it will be interesting. Peter Jackson

Age, Past, Interesting, Will, Mechanical

What I don't like are pompous, pretentious movies. Peter Jackson

Movies, Like, Pretentious, Pompous

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

Character, Building, Fat, You, Skin, Way

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

Happy, Story, You, Smiling, House, Never

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

Suffering, Friends, Lost, Personal

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

Movies, Want, Always, Audience, Out

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

Love, People, You, Want, Nothing, Say

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. Peter Jackson

Attitude, Rest, World, Kind, New, Able

Prosthetic makeup is always frustrating. Peter Jackson

Makeup, Always, Prosthetic, Frustrating

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

Think, Film, Remarkable, I Think, Jaws

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