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.

I don't like putting glasses on and watching 3D. I don't mind wearing glasses, but it's the dimness of the light and the fact that you're filtering the light. Whatever 3D process is being used is a filtration of light, which means it's blocking some of the light.

As a filmmaker, you are going to manipulate the character as you need to make the scenes work.

It's interesting how the frame rate actually changes the perception of the 3D as well as making it more comfortable to watch.

Filmmaking for me is always aiming for the imaginary movie and never achieving it.

There's a generation of children who don't like black and white movies. There's a level of impatience or intolerance.

I adore physical miniatures and try to use them as much as I can and have a bit of a fetish about that.