I used to send away for eight-minute Super 8 movies of various Ray Harryhausen scenes advertised on the back of 'Famous Monsters of Filmland' magazine.

One does not simply walk into Mordor.

The big-budget blockbuster is becoming one of the most dependable forms of filmmaking.

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

Remember, pain is temporary; film is forever.

If you work at love, you will find love at work.

Everybody's life has these moments, where one thing leads to another. Some are big and obvious and some are small and seemingly insignificant.

Filmmaking for me is always aiming for the imaginary movie and never achieving it.

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.

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's the job of a director really, to sort of funnel all the creativity into one centralized point of being.

You’re not broken, Dylan. I know you’re not.

We have to remember, sometimes the most important history is the history we're making today.

Nothing reaches the intellect before making its appearance in the senses.

From pitch perspective, the more you wear your idea, the more it fits you and your comfortable with it, the easier it is for somebody like me to say tell me more.

I don't believe in superstition, I think it's bad luck.

I'm suspicious of dreams in books too. Because they're boring and too self-serving.

We'll all grow up Meg, no pretending we won't.

I am the poet of the high wire - I never do stunts; I do theatrical performances.

Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment.

She obeys me, but only because she wants to. It's the only justification for obedience, Ged observed.