319 Quotes by Peter Jackson

Everybody's life has these moments, where one thing leads to another. Some are big and obvious and some are small and seemingly insignificant.

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

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

Film is such a powerful medium. It's like a weapon and I think you have a duty to self-censor.

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.

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

I never wanted to do 'The Hobbit' in the first place.

I've always been happy to take a gamble on myself.

Adapting a novel is not really about being faithful to every word and every moment the author has created. It's more about that same story being filtered through somebody else's sensibility.