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.
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.
One of the best animated films I've seen come out of Disney was the Tarzan movie. I wasn't crazy about the story or the design on Tarzan's face, but the traditional animation was spectacular.
Sweetheart, I'm the biggest ripped-off cartoonist in the history of the world, and that's all I'm going to say.
You can't second-guess yourself as a filmmaker.
Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work.