The Learning Curve Is 'the Hobbit' Is

I Just Directed The Jungle Book With Cate Blanchet And Christian Bale.

I Love, First Of All, Reading And Discovering What The Common Perception Is And Then Trying To Figure Out... Well, How Does Your Life Cross Over Into That Character, Or What's An Angle On This That Might Challenge The Status Quo? It's Just A Great Journey As Well As An Education. You're Constantly Being Educated - It's Like I'm Back At School And Making Up For Lost Time.

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.

I Think We Can Be Very Narrow-minded In This Country; You See Something That Someone's Done And Immediately Want Them To Do The Same Thing Again - But If They Don't, They're Criticised For Not Doing The Same Thing Again, But If They Do They're Just Repeating Themselves.

Second Films Are, You Know, Like 'difficult Second Albums', So It's A Tricky Position To Be In But I Think He's Made A Highly Accomplished Film.