I think that George Lucas' 'Star Wars' films are fantastic. What he's done, which I admire, is he has taken all the money and profit from those films and poured it into developing digital sound and surround sound, which we are using today.

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

If you work at love, you will find love at work.

Film is such a powerful medium. It's like a weapon and I think you have a duty to self-censor.

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.

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

The one thing with 3D presentations is I think that 3D itself, whether it's 24 or 48, is at a very interesting point in time.