I think there's still a little bit of that 9 year-old in me and I'm pretty happy.

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.

To people in my industry I'm usually a guy that tries to generate his own projects and I remain very elusive when people try and attach me to big projects.

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.

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

One of the first movies I ever saw was 'Batman,' based on the TV series with Adam West and Burt Ward.

No film has captivated my imagination more than 'King Kong.' I'm making movies today because I saw this film when I was 9 years old.