{"author":"Peter Jackson","author_id":"Peter+Jackson","total_quotes":30,"quotes":[{"text":"'The Lord of the Rings,' published in the mid-1950s, was intended as a prehistory to our own world. It was perceived by Tolkien to be a small but significant episode in a vast alternate mythology constructed entirely out of his own imagination.","author":"Peter Jackson","tags":["world","small","mythology "],"id":7359,"author_id":"Peter+Jackson"},{"text":"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.","author":"Peter Jackson","tags":["love","television","garden "],"id":45404,"author_id":"Peter+Jackson"},{"text":"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?","author":"Peter Jackson","tags":["black-and-white","silent "],"id":45672,"author_id":"Peter+Jackson"},{"text":"I think everything that you do, you're learning. I mean, every movie that you make is like a film school; that's one of the things that I enjoy about filmmaking.","author":"Peter Jackson","tags":["school","enjoy","filmmaking "],"id":135279,"author_id":"Peter+Jackson"},{"text":"What I think is remarkable about my mum and dad is they had no interest in films, really. None.","author":"Peter Jackson","tags":["think","interest","i think "],"id":135339,"author_id":"Peter+Jackson"},{"text":"My dad always told me that the principal reason he chose New Zealand to emigrate to after World War II was the high regard his father had for the Kiwis he encountered at Gallipoli.","author":"Peter Jackson","tags":["father","war","world "],"id":170303,"author_id":"Peter+Jackson"},{"text":"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 elevensies? Luncheon? Afternoon tea? Dinner? Supper? He knows about them, doesn't he?Merry: I wouldn't count on it Pip.","author":"Peter Jackson","tags":["humour","lord-of-the-rings-movie"],"id":172757,"author_id":"Peter+Jackson"},{"text":"One of the best things about growing up in New Zealand is that if you are prepared to work hard and have faith in yourself, truly anything is possible.","author":"Peter Jackson","tags":["work","best","work hard "],"id":175411,"author_id":"Peter+Jackson"},{"text":"There's a very go-to kind of attitude in New Zealand that stems from that psyche of being quite isolated and not being able to rely on the rest of the world's infrastructure.","author":"Peter Jackson","tags":["world","rest","kind "],"id":189754,"author_id":"Peter+Jackson"},{"text":"I've always tried to make movies that pull the audience out of their seats... I want audiences to be transported.","author":"Peter Jackson","tags":["want","audience","always "],"id":203206,"author_id":"Peter+Jackson"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":30,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}