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

I want to make movies just like "King Kong." You know, dinosaurs, big gorillas - it's everything that a nine year-old boy would fall in love with.

What is the truth is that every one of my films is a film that I'd love to go see, and I think that's very important because I always think it's a mistake to make movies for other people, or to make them for a demographic, or try to second guess an audience.

Elijah can register such subtle emotion on his face that I loved doing close-ups on him. He really brings a superb emotional level to Frodo's scenes and although he is a very instinctive actor, we discussed the character thoroughly.

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

He who must search a haystack for a needle is likely to end up with the attitude that the needle is not worth the search.

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