#lord of the rings

To get an Oscar would be an incredible moment in my career, there is no doubt about that. But the 'Lord of the Rings' films are not made for Oscars, they are made for the audience. ↗

— Peter Jackson

#audience #career #doubt #films #get

Lord of the Rings is a good thing for us because it opened the door for the genre in general. Le Guin's stories are very different from Lord of the Rings. ↗

— Shawn Ashmore

#because #different #door #general #genre

I would like to have the original ending to my Lord of the Rings instead of the one they released. In my original cut I had the victory at Helm's Deep as the final sequence. ↗

— Ralph Bakshi

#deep #ending #final #had #helm

Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work. ↗

— Ralph Bakshi

#doing #else #i #interested #lord

I happen to be a huge 'Lord of the Rings' fan. I do an annual marathon of the extended editions. ↗

— Anna Kendrick

#extended #fan #happen #huge #i

I love action-adventure-type films - mythical adventures like 'Lord of the Rings' or superhero films like 'Batman.' ↗

— Zac Efron

#batman #films #i #i love #like

I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was, three shelves of books about Tolkien and Middle-earth, and I was like, 'Holy cow, what else am I missing out on?' ↗

— Sean Astin

#actually #am #books #bookstore #cow

I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights. ↗

— Ralph Bakshi

#had #how #i #jackson #know

Around the time of 'The Lord of the Rings,' it was a shock to me just how big it is to be on that kind of media juggernaut. It was a big thing and the scrutiny was shocking. ↗

— Miranda Otto

#big #big thing #how #just #kind

Dune is the bestselling science fiction book of all time. It's something you really need to read in your lifetime. If you're going to read The Lord of the Rings, which everyone should, then you have to read Dune, too. ↗

— Kevin J. Anderson

#dune #everyone #fiction #going #lifetime