Peter Jackson Quotes

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• Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. I found it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay small acts of kindness and love.

  Peter Jackson

  Kindness, Believe, Small Acts

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

  Peter Jackson

  Movie, Jobs, Play

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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 its way. It’s become very franchise driven and superhero driven.

  Peter Jackson

  Technology, Superhero, Hollywood

  "Peter Jackson and Philippa Boyens on 'The Hobbit,' a Missing Elf, and What's Next (EXCLUSIVE)". Interview with Drew Taylor, www.moviefone.com. December 19, 2014.

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• To me, fantasy should be as real as possible. I don't buy into the notion that because it's fantastic, it should be unrealistic, because I think you have to have a sense of believing the world that you're going into.

  Peter Jackson

  Real, Believe, Thinking

  "Peter Jackson Talks THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, Coming on When Guillermo del Toro Left, and Post-Converting LORD OF THE RINGS to 3D". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. December 14, 2012.

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• Rivalry doesn't help anybody.

  Peter Jackson

  Helping, Rivalry

  "Peter Jackson: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 11, 2009.

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• Defeat is always momentary.

  Peter Jackson

  Defeat, Momentary

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• Remember, pain is temporary; film is forever.

  Peter Jackson

  Pain, Forever, Remember

  "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King: Extended Edition Special Feature". DVD, December 10, 2004.

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• 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 greatest ever written. Any films will only ever be an INTERPRETATION of the book. In this case my interpretation.

  Peter Jackson

  Book, Thinking, Wonderful

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• If you work at love, you will find love at work.

  Peter Jackson

  Love You, Finding Love, Ifs

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

  Peter Jackson

  Thinking, Years, Littles

  "Peter Jackson's labor of love". "Dateline" with Stone Phillips, www.nbcnews.com. December 2, 2005.

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• 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

  Moments, Bigs, Obvious

  "Peter Jackson: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 11, 2009.

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• Fantasy is an 'F' word that hopefully the five second delay won't do anything with.

  Peter Jackson

  Delay, Fantasy, Hopefully

  "The 76th Annual Academy Awards". www.imdb.com. 2004.

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• 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 imagine the type of music. Without knowing the tune, I can imagine the type of music it needs to be.

  Peter Jackson

  Eye, Knowing, Cameras

  "Comic-Con 2011: Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson Interview ADVENTURES OF TINTIN; Spielberg Says Jackson Is Scheduled to Shoot the Sequel". Press conference, collider.com. July 22, 2011.

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• 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 what you have to go through when you're making a movie too. Once the train's rolling, you have to stick with it.

  Peter Jackson

  Determination, Giving Up, Rolling

  "Comic-Con 2011: Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson Interview ADVENTURES OF TINTIN; Spielberg Says Jackson Is Scheduled to Shoot the Sequel". Interview with Jason Barr, collider.com. July 22, 2011.

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• Every film is a challenge. I always say that making a movie is like film school - you're always learning. But unlike most schools, you never get done with it. You never learn everything.

  Peter Jackson

  School, Challenges, Done

  "Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro Answer Hobbit Questions". Online chat, www.slashfilm.com. May 24, 2008.

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

  Peter Jackson

  Movie, Actors, Achieve

  "Peter Jackson: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 11, 2009.

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• I find that in the process of making a film you're constantly discovering things that you never even imagined would work at the beginning.

  Peter Jackson

  Film, Process, Discovering Things

  "Comic-Con 2011: Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson Interview ADVENTURES OF TINTIN; Spielberg Says Jackson Is Scheduled to Shoot the Sequel". Press conference, collider.com. July 22, 2011.

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• I regard myself as being the final filter so everything that ends up in the movie is there because it's something that I think was cool.

  Peter Jackson

  Thinking, Filters, Finals

  "Peter Jackson Talks King Kong and Halo!". MovieWeb interview, www.movieweb.com. ecember 9, 2005.

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• I want to make a series of movies that run together, so if any crazy lunatic wants to watch them all in a row, there will be a consistency of tone.

  Peter Jackson

  Running, Crazy, Consistency

  "Comic-Con: Martin Freeman, Sir Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis and Peter Jackson Talk THE HOBBIT, the Possibility of Three Films, 48fps, 3D, SHERLOCK, More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 15, 2012.

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• No matter how many great performances or exciting visuals we put together for the movie, we found that it was all somewhat two dimensional until we added the emotional heart of Howard Shore's music. Then, and only then, did the film come to life.

  Peter Jackson

  Heart, Emotional, Two

  "The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring The Complete Recordings Coming in November" by Brian B., movieweb.com. September 16, 2005.

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• As a filmmaker, you are going to manipulate the character as you need to make the scenes work.

  Peter Jackson

  Character, Needs, Scene

  "Peter Jackson Talks King Kong and Halo!". MovieWeb interview, www.movieweb.com. December 9, 2005.

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• I think that's the job of a director really, to sort of funnel all the creativity into one centralized point of being.

  Peter Jackson

  Jobs, Creativity, Thinking

  "Peter Jackson Talks King Kong and Halo!". MovieWeb Interview, movieweb.com. December 9, 2005.

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

  Peter Jackson

  Pretentious, Pompous

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Everything is in a script for a reason, and only by being part of a writing team (or writing it yourself), do you really understand the intention of every beat.

  Peter Jackson

  Team, Writing, Scripts

  "Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro Answer Hobbit Questions". Online chat, www.slashfilm.com. May 24, 2008.

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• I want to make movies just like "King Kong." You know, dinosaurs, big gorillas - it's everything that a nine year-old boy would fall in love with.

  Peter Jackson

  Falling In Love, Kings, Boys

  "Peter Jackson's labor of love". "Dateline" with Stone Phillips, www.nbcnews.com. December 2, 2005.

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