by kleinbl00

Jackson said that while he has “no direct experience or knowledge of the sexual allegations” against Weinstein, he had long ago decided not to work with him. He elaborated, “My experience, when Miramax controlled the Lord of the Rings [before New Line took over production of the film], was of Weinstein and his brother behaving like second-rate Mafia bullies. They weren't the type of guys I wanted to work with—so I haven’t…Movie making is much more fun when you work with nice people.”