Animation Quotes · Page 3

I ran development and programming at Disney TV animation. We did a lot of cartoons.

— Roy Price

I love CGI if it's invisible. I don't like it when it's there and obvious.

— Neil Gaiman

You've got to be able to make animation for much less... Less is not the studio's way.

— Don Bluth

“The animating fire of life is merely a total devotion to living.”

— Bryant McGill

Animation has always been about technology. You can't have animation without technology.

— Chris Wedge

I don't believe that an animation studio should be an executive-driven studio.

— John Lasseter

Animation is a completely different world than live action.

— Jenna Ortega

Everyone in animation is a performer to a degree.

— Rob Minkoff

Animation has revitalized a part of my brain that says, 'Oh yeah, I do like doing this. This is fun.'

— Patti Harrison

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

I've always enjoyed animation and voiceover work. That's something that I've been proactive about.

— Al Yankovic

I'm not a big fan of CGI. I'm not a fan at all, unless they use it in a way that doesn't…

— Billy Campbell

I was very, very into animation when I was growing up. The Simpsons is still my favorite show. I have a really…

— Ben Schwartz

Saying someone's a fan of animation is as silly as saying someone's a fan of live action. That can mean anything.

— Raphael Bob-Waksberg

One of the things my dad told me when I was growing up was, 'Find your calling. Find what you're meant to…

— Travis Knight

I'm really comfortable doing voice-overs, but it's really fun to do animation. Those animation talents are hysterical. They're so good, and they're…

— Amy Hill

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

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

I love doing the voice of Batman because of the quality of the animation. The music is particularly incredible. Another bonus is…

— Kevin Conroy

On a live-action movie, things happen that are unexpected. In animation, you have to fabricate the feeling. That takes a tremendous amount…

— Gore Verbinski

I could take my grandma and put her in a cape, and they'll put her on a green screen, and they'll have…

— Jason Statham

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

I convinced Tim to add one song, and then we added five. We changed a lot of things while we were shooting,…

— John August

Born of necessity, the little fellow literally freed us of immediate worry. He provided the means for expanding our organization to its…

— Walt Disney

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

I've always loved animation it's the reason why I do what I do for a living - the films of Walt Disney.…

— John Lasseter

I don't have the story finished and ready when we start work on a film. I usually don't have the time. So…

— Hayao Miyazaki

Well, what if we did this in the mind as opposed to the brain? So instead of blood vessels and dendrites, what…

— Pete Docter

I do have more directorial control over animation, because it's like trial and error: If something doesn't work, you can always go…

— Mamoru Oshii

In animation, you may be working with 20 writers, and everybody has to write the same thing. You can't have episodes that…

— Marv Wolfman

Perfectionism means that you try desperately not to leave so much mess to clean up. But clutter and mess show us that…

— Anne Lamott

Since the waiting time required during the rendering process has been dramatically shorter in the last 10 years, I think that CGI…

— Katsuhiro Otomo

Since I was a kid, I've always been obsessed with animation.

— Tye Sheridan

You walk on a set, and you have no idea - that's why I don't storyboard. It's all possible.

— Barry Jenkins

Well, directing is doing the key drawings, not the key animation, mind you.

— Chuck Jones

If we want to make friends, let's greet people with animation and enthusiasm.

— Dale Carnegie

All new tools are useful to animators, but great animation comes down to great animators.

— Dean DeBlois

I like animation: you can go to work in your pyjamas.

— Kodi Smit-McPhee

Genndy [Tartakovsky] is so good at directing and so wonderful with animation.

— Andy Samberg

Animation had been done before, but stories were never told.

— Marc Davis