I just don't think that a lot of the time the messages we send kids prepare them for real life.

I love being outside - that's where I'm the happiest.

That is the greatest source of my anxiety on this film [The Hobbit], is that I'm going to be lynched.

I haven't sat down and memorized the language of Elvish, and anyone who does that is crazy!

I decided I wanted to be a painter, and then that moved into wanting to be an animator. By adolescence, I just wanted it to be something that was important...something that would make a difference in people's lives or leave an imprint in history.

If you watch a film from beginning to end, with no women in it, it's really difficult.

If I were to live in Africa, serving the poor, the number-one thing I'd miss wouldn't be running water or electricity - it would be style... being able to get dressed up and feel beautiful.