PETER JACKSON

If justice is supposed to be fair, than any justice system you would hope is based on fairness.

When you look at the original 'Paradise Lost' film, you see three kids who can't defend themselves, being persecuted in a medieval way - witchcraft, satanic worship. It was kind of primitive.

I love Bilbo Baggins. I relate really well to Bilbo!

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

You never make movies for Oscars.

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

When I worked as a newspaper photo engraver in the only job I ever had, many years ago, I'd get the train home to Pukerua Bay where I was staying with my parents. An hour ride, 16 stops, and almost always, I'd have automatic wake-up, seconds before we pulled into my station.

While you're finding evidence of innocence, you also find evidence that points to other people.

I used to send away for eight-minute Super 8 movies of various Ray Harryhausen scenes advertised on the back of 'Famous Monsters of Filmland' magazine.

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

I never dreamed in a million years that 'The Lord of the Rings' would be nominated for an Oscar. Those types of fantasy movies never got nominations.

One of the first movies I ever saw was 'Batman,' based on the TV series with Adam West and Burt Ward.

For a lot of my childhood, I didn't want to direct movies because I didn't really know what directing was.

Forty-eight frames per second is a way, way better way to look at 3D. It's so much more comfortable on the eyes.

When you're starting out, you know, you have to do something on a very limited budget. You're not going to be able to have great actors, and you're most likely not going to have a great script.

It's not a happy time when a film drops dead on your doorstep.

I hope one day that I'll get to make another horror film; I'd love to.

I've always tried to make movies that pull the audience out of their seats... I want audiences to be transported.

There are a couple of locations in 'The Hobbit' that are shared with 'Lord of the Rings.'

'Bad Taste' was - it was, in many respects, my sort of, my, I guess, my single-minded desire to want to break into the film industry when New Zealand didn't really have a film industry to break into.

I haven't got a real job.

Anything you can imagine, you can put on film.

Learning how to edit movies was a real breakthrough.

Continuing advances in stem cell medicine will change all of our lives for the better.

I don't really want to make a stylized film or anything too surreal.