Nobody does animation better than Disney; it's just that some of us wanted out of the box. Burton was one. I was… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
There's always kids who become stop motion animators. I get stuff all the time. They put it on YouTube. It's exciting to… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
Stop-motion is sort of twitchy; you can feel the life in it. If we were to remove that completely, there'd be no… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
Just like those little Viewmaster slides, there's a inherent magic that's captured in 3D that you can't get in drawn animation or… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
In all animation, if it's done quickly, you'll know it. And if you're very slow and careful with it, it's going to… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
I'm meant to be an animation director. That world, and the culture of stop-motion, is where I want to live. It's more… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
I feel I'm just meant to do stop-motion. Live-action is much more glamorous to some, but it's basically a whole army of… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
Very few people have made the transition from animation to live-action; I'm certainly not one. — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
'Coraline' is Neil Gaiman's book, it sold a lot, it has a big fan base. It was originally conceived to be live… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
This Golden Globe nomination is sweet validation for the years of hard work it took to bring Coraline to life using stop-motion… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
I was influenced by Ray Harryhausen and Lotte Reiniger, with her twitchy, cutout animation, which I happened to see at a very… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
Any type of animation, it could be really super crude or very sophisticated, it doesn't mean anything if we don't make this… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
What I personally gravitate toward tends to be fantasy, medium dark - not too dark - fairy tales and sci fi. Stop-motion… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
There's the animation ghetto of feature films in this country. There's this flavor at DreamWorks, and Pixar does their own thing, and… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
What stop-motion does best is present real objects magically brought to life in a very imperfect situation; the hand of the artist… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
You know, I love stop-motion. I've done almost all the styles of animation: I was a 2D animator. I've done cutout animation.… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
I love the culture of animation. What stop-motion has in common with live-action is that it has many of the same departments.… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
I love all sorts of animation, probably the most beautiful would be the tradtional hand drawn animation that Disney is known for.… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
I learned my lesson that in the live-action world, you have to earn the support of people over a very, very long… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
I think stop-motion has always been semi-obsolete. And stop-motion animators - people like myself - love it so much that we're always… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
CG can do anything, but it can't do everything well. What it naturally can do is special effects. But using stop-motion comes… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
I have more faith in doing something creative for a cable station or something like Yahoo or Google or Amazon. What Netflix… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
My mother is a huge fan of my work. I told her about 'Coraline' long before the film was made, and she got the… — Henry Selick Copy Share
I get rewarded virtually every day with something amazing to see - whether it's a new shot, a miniature sweater, someone who's figured out… — Henry Selick Copy Share
There's very few people who want to just make beautiful films that make money, when they can make films that make huge money. — Henry Selick Copy Share
In all animation, if it's done quickly, you'll know it. And if you're very slow and careful with it, it's going to look a… — Henry Selick Copy Share
There's always kids who become stop motion animators. I get stuff all the time. They put it on YouTube. It's exciting to see. — Henry Selick Copy Share
I have more faith in doing something creative for a cable station or something like Yahoo or Google or Amazon. What Netflix did with… — Henry Selick Copy Share
What stop-motion does best is present real objects magically brought to life in a very imperfect situation; the hand of the artist is there,… — Henry Selick Copy Share
There's the animation ghetto of feature films in this country. There's this flavor at DreamWorks, and Pixar does their own thing, and generally they're… — Henry Selick Copy Share
I was influenced by Ray Harryhausen and Lotte Reiniger, with her twitchy, cutout animation, which I happened to see at a very young age,… — Henry Selick Copy Share
I think it's important that kids see another kid - Coraline - who doesn't have guns, she doesn't have super-powers, she's not a super-genius.… — Henry Selick Copy Share
While I was making 'Coraline' I barely got to see any films at all, so I've got a lot of catching up to do. — Henry Selick Copy Share
Kids love to be scared - there's way to do it right, and ways to do it wrong. — Henry Selick Copy Share
Having to make a blockbuster every time puts unhealthy pressure on creatives. The pressure on the filmmakers is so intense, I think it stifles… — Henry Selick Copy Share
