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

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.

To his ex-wife in court, he said I lost interest in you when the Botox lost its effect and you looked like a plastic doll that escaped from a fire.

I just got to the point where I literally didn't want anyone else to do it.

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

Most directors prefer to direct everything themselves. I thought I could on Lord Of The Rings, but very quickly found out that the sheer scale prevented it.

Everybody's life has these moments, where one thing leads to another. Some are big and obvious and some are small and seemingly insignificant.