Peter Jackson Quotes About Film

Quotes about: Film

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

  Peter Jackson

  Movie, Jobs, Play

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• Remember, pain is temporary; film is forever.

  Peter Jackson

  Pain, Forever, Remember

  "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King: Extended Edition Special Feature". DVD, December 10, 2004.

• To get an Oscar would be an incredible moment in my career, there is no doubt about that. But the Lord of the Rings films are not made for Oscars, they are made for the audience.

  Peter Jackson

  Careers, Doubt, Would Be

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• 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. Actors come into the film and do things you never even imagined. Production designers come in, the director of photography lights it in a way that you never imagined. So, it's always evolving, always exciting.

  Peter Jackson

  Photography, Light, Directors

  "Comic-Con 2011: Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson Interview ADVENTURES OF TINTIN; Spielberg Says Jackson Is Scheduled to Shoot the Sequel". Interview with Jason Barr, collider.com. July 22, 2011.

• 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.

  Peter Jackson

  Heart, Emotional, Two

  "The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring The Complete Recordings Coming in November" by Brian B., movieweb.com. September 16, 2005.

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

  Peter Jackson

  Powerful, Thinking, Self

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

• When I start a film, I can sort of shut my eyes, sit somewhere quiet and imagine the movie finished. I can imagine the camera angles, I can even imagine the type of music. Without knowing the tune, I can imagine the type of music it needs to be.

  Peter Jackson

  Eye, Knowing, Cameras

  "Comic-Con 2011: Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson Interview ADVENTURES OF TINTIN; Spielberg Says Jackson Is Scheduled to Shoot the Sequel". Press conference, collider.com. July 22, 2011.

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

  Peter Jackson

  Film, Mute, Critical

  "Peter Jackson's labor of love". "Dateline" with Stone Phillips, www.nbcnews.com. December 2, 2005.

• 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.

  Peter Jackson

  Book, Thinking, Wonderful

• With the right movie, 3D can enhance the experience. Absolutely, it can make a good film a great film. It can make a great film a really amazing film to see .

  Peter Jackson

  Film, Really Amazing, Great Film

  "Comic-Con 2011: Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson Interview ADVENTURES OF TINTIN; Spielberg Says Jackson Is Scheduled to Shoot the Sequel". Press Conference, collider.com. July 22, 2011.

• What is the truth is that every one of my films is a film that I'd love to go see, and I think that's very important because I always think it's a mistake to make movies for other people, or to make them for a demographic, or try to second guess an audience.

  Peter Jackson

  Mistake, Thinking, People

  "Peter Jackson's labor of love". "Dateline" with Stone Phillips, www.nbcnews.com. December 2, 2005.

• 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.

  Peter Jackson

  Film, Process, Discovering Things

  "Comic-Con 2011: Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson Interview ADVENTURES OF TINTIN; Spielberg Says Jackson Is Scheduled to Shoot the Sequel". Press conference, collider.com. July 22, 2011.

• What I love about films is that you can see "King Kong" and you can be affected by it and then you realize that he was just this little guy when he made that fall.

  Peter Jackson

  Kings, Fall, Guy

  "Peter Jackson's labor of love". "Dateline" with Stone Phillips, www.nbcnews.com. December 2, 2005.

• No film has captivated my imagination more than 'King Kong.' I'm making movies today because I saw this film when I was 9 years old.

  Peter Jackson

  Kings, Years, Imagination

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

• So many film makers are scared of visual effects - which is no crime.

  Peter Jackson

  Scared, Film, Crime

  "Peter Jackson & Guillermo Del Toro Talk The Hobbit!". Online Chat, movieweb.com. May 24, 2008.

• 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.

  Peter Jackson

  Stars, War, Taken

• Structure is important in film, but there's often structure to be found in the most unlikely of places! It's quite possible to build a structured story and retain idiosyncrasy.

  Peter Jackson

  Important, Stories, Film

  Source: www.movieweb.com

• And so I look back on not just the last ten years but everything that I've done as being sort of an ongoing growing continual film school. I mean I don't think I've got to a point where I've achieved anything that feels like, a particular milestone, but there's still a lot more to learn and hopefully a lot more films to make.

  Peter Jackson

  School, Mean, Thinking

  Dark Horizons Interview, March 27, 2006.

• Every film is a challenge. I always say that making a movie is like film school - you're always learning. But unlike most schools, you never get done with it. You never learn everything.

  Peter Jackson

  School, Challenges, Done

  "Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro Answer Hobbit Questions". Online chat, www.slashfilm.com. May 24, 2008.

• When you're casting a movie and when you're shooting a film, the eyes are the most important feature of any performer, really. Any great actor literally knows exactly how to use their eyes, and even as a filmmaker I love shooting huge close-ups because it's those eyes that mean so much to me.

  Peter Jackson

  Mean, Eye, Important

  "Comic-Con 2011: Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson Interview ADVENTURES OF TINTIN; Spielberg Says Jackson Is Scheduled to Shoot the Sequel". Press conference, collider.com. July 22, 2011.

• There's no real rules about what you do [while directing]; it's just you just use your instincts as to the pacing of a film and what is repetitive and what is the minimum amount you can get away with to tell the story, that scene didn't make it in.

  Peter Jackson

  Real, Stories, Use

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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