As human beings, we always have resistance against things that are different and there's always suspicion.

In an ideal world the script is written lean and tight and therefore there are no scenes left on the cuttring room floor and therefore no extended edition.

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

Every film is a challenge. I always say that making a movie is like film school - you're always learning. But unlike most schools, you never get done with it. You never learn everything.

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

To get an Oscar would be an incredible moment in my career, there is no doubt about that. But the Lord of the Rings films are not made for Oscars, they are made for the audience.

I find that in the process of making a film you're constantly discovering things that you never even imagined would work at the beginning.