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I'd already started directing short films when we were doing 'Lord of the Rings,' then videogame projects.

In terms of the movie business, being in a 'Lord of the Rings' has given me more interesting options as work.

How stupid do you have to be to imagine that you can turn 'The Lord Of The Rings' into a film script?

I think even back as far as 'Lord of the Rings,' there was always the chance that 'The Hobbit' would be made, even way back then. Of course at that point, Peter Jackson didn't probably think at that point that he'd be directing it.

Lord of the Rings was my first experience making movies and at the time, I had no ideas how movies were done. I thought that's the way they're done, so in a way, I had nothing to compare it to.

After 'The Fellowship of the Ring,' the films that followed it, instead of having their own unique aesthetic, they all wanted to be 'Lord of the Rings' as opposed to learning from 'Lord of the Rings.'

I'm the first to admit that I can't be as good as Tolkien, and a movie can never be as good as Tolkien.

I think I would have a better time writing films rather than directing.

I would definitely line up for 'The Lord of the Rings.' I'm a huge 'Lord of the Rings' geek.