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, Filmmaking, Movies, Honest

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, Enjoy, You

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

Me, Achieving, Filmmaking, Never, Always

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

Think, Film, Jaws, I Think, Remarkable

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, World, Rest, Kind, New, Rely

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

Be Original, Forgotten, Original, How

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

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

Love, People, You, Say, Want, Nothing

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

Small, Village, New, Country, Zealand

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

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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, You, Point, Get, Before, Come

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, Audience

It's almost like an optical illusion, 'The Hobbit.' You look at the book, and it is really thin, and you could make a relatively thin film as well. What I mean by that is that you could race through the story at the speed that Tolkien does. Peter Jackson

Book, Story, Illusion, Look, Speed, You

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, Smiling, You, House, Never

Once upon a time, sound was new technology. Peter Jackson

Technology, Time, New, Sound, Once

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, Ring, Street, Fellowship, Carrot

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

Moment, Doubt, Career, Audience, Lord

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

Happy, Be Happy, Humanity, Emotions, Own

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, Best, Faith, Yourself, Work Hard

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, Black-And-White, Silent, Now

Prosthetic makeup is always frustrating. Peter Jackson

Makeup, Always, Prosthetic, Frustrating

48 frames per second is something you have to get used to. I've got absolute belief and faith in 48 frames... it's something that could have ramifications for the entire industry. 'The Hobbit' really is the test of that. Peter Jackson

Faith, You, Belief, Test, Used, Got

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. Peter Jackson

Together, You, Film, Got, Little, Up

There's a generation of children who don't like black and white movies. There's a level of impatience or intolerance now. Peter Jackson

Children, Black And White, Black, Movies

I haven't got a real job. Peter Jackson

Job, Real, Got, Real Job

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, Wild, Animals, Deer, Over

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