We tend to forget that words are, themselves, ideas. They might be called ideas in a state of suspended animation. When the… — James Webb Young Copy Share Image
Animation is the only thing I ever wanted to do in my whole life. I have no desire for live-action or anything… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
But the animation has become very good, and I think that a movie is not a book, and a book is not… — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
I want to do voiceover for animation, so I am looking to do something along those lines. So, my agent is looking… — Brooke Elliott Copy Share Image
With animation, if something does not fit, you always have the time to change it. When you make a live-action movie, when… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
The hardest thing to do with an animated movie is to not make it feel synthetic: to feel like it's handmade, where… — Phil Lord Copy Share Image
In terms of writing characters or stories, at least initially, there's no difference between live-action and animation. A good story is a… — Michael Arndt Copy Share Image
The process of producing a project is one long string of delight and anxiety, but I think the real thrill of animation… — Mamoru Hosoda Copy Share Image
With live-action I think we'd have lost the universal appeal of the Persepolis story. With live-action, it would have turned into a… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
In animation, there's not a medium I believe that's more collaborative. It is a team of people, of different disciplines, coming together.… — Kelly Asbury Copy Share Image
In this era of digital special effects, I think it's good to work with our hands and our hearts, to use water… — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
I really like the animated film process. It's kind of like doing a play, because you can experiment with it, rewrite it,… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I convinced Tim to add one song, and then we added five. We changed a lot of things while we were shooting,… — John August Copy Share Image
There's the fact that animation is extremely time-consuming, tedious, labor-intensive, and therefore, extremely expensive as an art form to really do it… — Eric Drooker Copy Share Image
I don't know what I'd do with my life if it wasn't for animation.' I guess I would be an artist, or… — Andreas Deja Copy Share Image
Learn how to draw. It's the basis of what we [animation directors] do. Keep a sketchbook. Try making a very simple little… — John Musker Copy Share Image
I don't storyboard, and I don't really shot list. I let the shots be determined by how the actors and I figure… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I found a lot of animators bring a lot of baggage to the party, just that there's a certain way of doing… — Steve Dildarian Copy Share Image
I actually think storyboards are great. I don't draw well enough to do them myself. I've only used storyboards a couple of… — Kenneth Lonergan Copy Share Image
The boom of Disney animation in the late 80s and 90s, was fueled by the success of the older films on video. — Rob Minkoff Copy Share Image
I don't dislike the process of animation... I find it daunting, but only as much as I find everything daunting. — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
So many plays with magic in them that would be a terrific invitation to an imaginative animation team. — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
I have a company that does design and animation, so obviously graffiti is definitely an intricate part of what we admire and… — Mick Ebeling Copy Share Image
I never imagined that I'd end up in animation, but marine biology and art collided, and here we are! — Stephen Hillenburg Copy Share Image
What's most important in animation is the emotions and the ideas being portrayed. I'm a great believer of energy and emotion. — Ralph Bakshi Copy Share Image
I learned how to do stop-frame animation and I experimented with that a lot, and pretty much that was my mode of… — David Bolinsky Copy Share Image
I grew up watching classic animation, and I have always felt that the roots of animation is in fantasy and taking it… — Chris Wedge Copy Share Image
Everyone knows Aquaman, probably from all the animation he's been in over the years from the '70s and the '80s, entering him… — Geoff Johns Copy Share Image
In learning the art of storytelling by animation, I have discovered that language has an anatomy. — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
For all the spectacle of CGI, there's something alien and unreal about that domain, like a videogame. — John Hillcoat Copy Share Image
I try to be aware of technology and Japanese animation and old Belgian paintings, and get all my references from bits of… — Guido Palau Copy Share Image
In animation, there's this exhilarating moment of discovery when you see the film and you say, Oh THAT'S what I was doing. — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
In Japan, animation is a big part of your media diet. I moved out to Los Angeles at 9, and when I… — Hiro Murai Copy Share Image
CGI is done after the film is done. It's through the computer. Most of the film is not computer-generated special effects. Most… — Sanaa Lathan Copy Share Image
Animation films are about entertainment and about fun for the whole family, and if you went too far down a dark path,… — David Furnish Copy Share Image
If I like many photographers, and I do, I account for this by noting a quality they share - animation. They may… — Robert Adams Copy Share Image
Computers don't create computer animation any more than a pencil creates pencil animation. What creates computer animation is the artist. — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
I was always really fascinated with animation, but just in a way all kids are with watching Disney movies and all that,… — Kirsten Lepore Copy Share Image
My respect for animation has gone way up. It's a truckload of work. I have to sit with my animators the same… — Gore Verbinski Copy Share Image
Also, painting and animation are really solitary pursuits, so the collaborative aspects of music making and acting are pretty welcome sometimes. — Tunde Adebimpe Copy Share Image
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