Most Movies Are Lucky To

You Do Need To Get Lucky, No Matter How Talented You Are.

Each Time I Make A Movie, It's Like A Paid Scholarship To A Different University Course.

It Doesn't Take That Many Years For A Kid To Realise That They're Going To Die. It's Always There In The Back Of Their Mind The Rest Of Their Lives.

I Think That People Who Get To A Certain Position, And Then Try To Ferociously Defend It Or Build On It, It's Kind Of A Dead-end Street. You See People Becoming Miserable That Way.

When We Shot 'the Lord Of The Rings,' We Had Special Permission To Film In Wild Areas Of New Zealand That Could Be Accessed Only By Helicopter. They Would Drop Us Off And We Would Work All Day, And They'd Pick Us Up And Take Us Out Again.