No film has captivated my imagination more than 'King Kong.' I'm making movies today because I saw this film when I was 9 years old.

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.

Being still does not mean don't move. It means move in peace.

There are greater things than want and lust, Nerissa, " he whispered. "I can't afford those things.

Our wounds are the only thing humbling enough to break our attachment to our false self.

Life is a succession of moments. To live each one is to succeed.

The two most beautiful sights I have witnessed in my life are a full blown ship at sail and the round-bellied pregnant female.

It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.

I tell the most horrible jokes.

All around us, people were cool. By association, so were we.

Dress for the story that you’d like to have people know about you before you even open your mouth.

I wonder that you will still be talking. Nobody marks you.