100 years ago, movies were black-and-white, silent, and 16 frames a second. So 100 years from now, what are they going to be?

— Peter Jackson

48 frames per second is something you have to get used to. I've got absolute belief and faith in 48 frames... it's something that could have ramifications for the entire industry. 'The Hobbit' really is the test of that.

— Peter Jackson

Aragorn: Gentlemen! We do not stop 'til nightfall. Pippin: But what about breakfast? Aragorn: You've already had it. Pippin: We've had one, yes. But what about second breakfast?[Aragorn stares at him, then walks off.] Merry: Don't think he knows about second breakfast, Pip. Pippin: What about elevenses? Luncheon? Afternoon tea? Dinner? Supper? He knows about them, doesn't he? Merry: I wouldn't count on it Pip.

— Peter Jackson

For me, utter failure is to make a film that people pay their money to go see, and they don't like.

— Peter Jackson

'Heavenly Creatures' was really the idea of Fran Walsh. It was a very famous New Zealand murder case, but not one that people knew much about.

— Peter Jackson

I don't think that because you die and move on to somewhere else that you lose your sense of humor.

— Peter Jackson

I fell in love with stories watching a British television puppet show called 'Thunderbirds' when it first came out on TV, about 1965, so I would have been 4 or 5 years old. I went out into the garden at my mom and dad's house, and I used to play with my little dinky toys, little cars and trucks and things.

— Peter Jackson

If I'm lucky enough to be involved in the Academy Awards in the future, I'll just let people make up their decision without being involved in any politics. Because it shouldn't involve that.

— Peter Jackson

If justice is supposed to be fair, then any justice system you would hope is based on fairness.

— Peter Jackson

If you take a regular animated film, that's being done by animators on computers, so the filmmaking is a fairly technical process.

— Peter Jackson