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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.

He Who Must Search A Haystack For A Needle Is Likely To End Up With The Attitude That The Needle Is Not Worth The Search.

Most Directors Prefer To Direct Everything Themselves. I Thought I Could On Lord Of The Rings, But Very Quickly Found Out That The Sheer Scale Prevented It.

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.

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.