The one thing with 3D presentations is I think that 3D itself, whether it's 24 or 48, is at a very interesting point in time.

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.

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 only thing about 3-D is the dullness of the image.

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.

[While shooting close-ups] you study real eyes, you study how the light reflects in them, you study the back of the eye, you study the way irises reflect emotion. You go into great scientific detail.

I didn't want my kids having to pass through an airport named after their father.