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

The director has to win, because you should never force a director to shoot something they don't believe in..

The vast majority of the CGI budget is labor..

So many film makers are scared of visual effects - which is no crime..

What is the truth is that every one of my films is a film that I'd love to go see, and I think that's very important because I always think it's a mi….

Defeat is always momentary..

It's all about his determination. You never, ever, give up once you start something, once you're on the trail of something you don't stop and that's ….

You shouldn't think of these movies as being 'The Lord of the Rings.' The Lord of the Rings is, and always will be, a wonderful book - one of the gre….

I think there's still a little bit of that 9 year-old in me and I'm pretty happy..

When I start a film, I can sort of shut my eyes, sit somewhere quiet and imagine the movie finished. I can imagine the camera angles, I can even imag….

I don’t really like the Hollywood blockbuster bandwagon that exists right now. The industry and the advent of all the technology, has kind of lost it….

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

What I love about films is that you can see "King Kong" and you can be affected by it and then you realize that he was just this little guy when he m….

Remember, pain is temporary; film is forever..

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

I mean, I didn't have a huge upbringing with movies, I guess..

A pregnant woman is like a beautiful flowering tree, but take care when it comes time for the harvest that you do not shake or bruise the tree, for i….

Motion-capture is not a genre. Motion-capture is a tool and technique and what we tried to do was to really use both motion-capture and traditional a….

I'm a Beatles fan, and I remember in the mid-1980s, when CDs first came out, there was a sound of vinyl and the sound of the needle on it that people….

I just got to the point where I literally didn't want anyone else to do it..

I don't believe in the concept that 3D should be shot separately. I mean, every director has their own style, sure, but I don't think any of that is ….