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.

Aragorn: Gentlemen! We do not stop 'til nightfall. Pippin: But what about breakfast? Aragorn: You've already had it. Pippin: We've had one, yes. But what about second breakfast? [Aragorn stares at him, then walks off.] Merry: Don't think he knows about second breakfast, Pip. Pippin: What about elevensies? Luncheon? Afternoon tea? Dinner? Supper? He knows about them, doesn't he? Merry: I wouldn't count on it Pip.

The vast majority of the CGI budget is labor.

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.

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

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

New Zealand is not a small country but a large village.