I'm the first to admit that I can't be as good as Tolkien, and a movie can never be as good as Tolkien.

I'm the first to admit that I can't be as good as Tolkien, and a movie can never be as good as Tolkien.

I'm from the East Coast. I love the city. I love the characters. I love the kind of people we are, the kind other people look at in amazement.

I would like to have the original ending to my Lord of the Rings instead of the one they released. In my original cut I had the victory at Helm's Deep as the final sequence.

Look what Disney's done to their animation department. There wasn't an animator in charge of their animation unit!

As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings - not run across the street and ask what my mother thinks.

You cant second-guess yourself as a filmmaker.