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, Most

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

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, Explore

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

Be Original, Forgotten, Original, How

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, Moments, Small, Big, Insignificant

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, Skin, You, Way

Rivalry doesn't help anybody. Peter Jackson

Help, Rivalry, Anybody

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, Deer, Animals, Wild, Over

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

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

Small, New, Village, Country, Zealand

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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

Be Happy, Happy, Emotions, Humanity, Now

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

Think, Film, Remarkable, Jaws, I Think

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, Best, Yourself, Work Hard

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

Me, Achieving, Filmmaking, Never, Always

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

Love, People, You, Want, Say, People Say

I don't have an anti-Hollywood feeling. It's just I'm a New Zealander. I was born in New Zealand, and it's where my house is, and my family goes to school there. My interest is to remain in my homeland and make films. I don't really want to relocate myself to other countries in the world to work. Peter Jackson

Family, Work, Myself, School, World, New

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, New, Kind, Being

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

It's one thing to support your kid, but if you have an interest in what your child is doing, it makes it a whole lot easier. Peter Jackson

Support, Child, Doing, You, Kid, Easier

My dad always told me that the principal reason he chose New Zealand to emigrate to after World War II was the high regard his father had for the Kiwis he encountered at Gallipoli. Peter Jackson

Father, War, World, Me, Principal, New

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

Filmmaking, Dependable, Most, Becoming

The first day I start shooting, I start having a recurring nightmare that every single night that I am lying in bed, and there is a film crew surrounding the bed, waiting for me to tell them what to do, and I don't quite know what movie I am supposed to be making. Peter Jackson

Waiting, Day, I Am, Me, Night, Start

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

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, Come, Before, Get

I feel very lucky to be able to make movies in New Zealand, and I will always be grateful for the support I have received from so many New Zealanders. Peter Jackson

Grateful, Support, Feel, Be Grateful

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, Look, Story, Speed, Illusion, You

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