I mean, I didn't have a huge upbringing with movies, I guess.

Rivalry doesn't help anybody.

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.

No matter how many great performances or exciting visuals we put together for the movie, we found that it was all somewhat two dimensional until we added the emotional heart of Howard Shore's music. Then, and only then, did the film come to life.

The music in a film like this is as critical as anything because Kong is mute. He doesn't talk.

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

The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.