Rivalry Doesn't Help Anybody.

I Want To Make Movies Just Like "king Kong." You Know, Dinosaurs, Big Gorillas - It's Everything That A Nine Year-old Boy Would Fall In Love With.

Filmmaking For Me Is Always Aiming For The Imaginary Movie And Never Achieving It.

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.

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.

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.