“ What I think is remarkable about my mum and dad is they had no interest in films, really. None. Peter Jackson
“ 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
“ If you take a regular animated film, that's being done by animators on computers, so the filmmaking is a fairly technical process. Peter Jackson
“ Aragorn: Gentlemen! We do not stop 'til nightfall.Pippin: But what about breakfast?Aragorn: You've already had it.Pippin: We've had one, yes. But what about second breakfast?[Aragorn stares at him, th… Peter Jackson
“ I just got tired of being overweight and unfit, so I changed my diet from hamburgers to yogurt and muesli, and it seems to work. Peter Jackson
“ Obviously, movies, you're often on location, out in the rain or the sun, in a real place where the trees and the cars are real. But when you're on stage, as an actor you're imagining the environment t… Peter Jackson
“ I don't think that because you die and move on to somewhere else that you lose your sense of humor. Peter Jackson
“ If justice is supposed to be fair, than any justice system you would hope is based on fairness. Peter Jackson
“ I've always tried to make movies that pull the audience out of their seats... I want audiences to be transported. Peter Jackson
“ 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
“ 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… Peter Jackson
“ 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
“ 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
“ I think we're going to enter a phase where there's less interest in the CGI and there's a demand for story again. I think we've dropped the ball a little bit on stories for the sake of the amazing toy… Peter Jackson
“ 'The Lord of the Rings,' published in the mid-1950s, was intended as a prehistory to our own world. It was perceived by Tolkien to be a small but significant episode in a vast alternate mythology cons… Peter Jackson
