A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.
It comes in pints?
I don’t really like the Hollywood blockbuster bandwagon that exists right now. The industry and the advent of all the technology, has kind of lost its way. It’s become very franchise driven and superhero driven.
The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.
I think that’s the job of a director really – to sort of funnel all the creativity into one centralized point of being.
If you work at love, you will find love at work.
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.
I think that you can treat a classic like a museum piece -stuffed and mounted- or you can make it a living, breathing narrative that is unfolding right then and there.
The only thing about 3-D is the dullness of the image.
Actors will never be replaced. The thought that somehow a computer version of a character is going to be something people prefer to look at is a ludicrous idea.
To me, fantasy should be as real as possible. I don’t buy into the notion that because it’s fantastic, it should be unrealistic, because I think you have to have a sense of believing the world that you’re going into.
A pregnant woman is like a beautiful flowering tree, but take care when it comes time for the harvest that you do not shake or bruise the tree, for in doing so, you may harm both the tree and its fruit.
New Zealand is not a small country but a large village.
Filmmaking for me is always aiming for the imaginary movie and never achieving it.
I think 3D at 24 frames is interesting, but it’s the 48 that actually allows 3D to achieve the potential that it can achieve, because it’s less eye strain and you have a sharper picture which creates more of a 3-dimensional world.
I was bullied and regarded as little bit of an oddball myself.