When I was four years old, some friends of my family took…

I've always wanted to be an animator. That's an ultimate art form, right there.

— Jason Marsden

There's always room out there for the hand-drawn image. I personally like the imperfection of hand drawing as opposed to the slick look of…

— Matt Groening

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

People who get into animation tend to be kids. We don't have to grow up. But also, animators are great observers, and there's this…

— John Lasseter

Too many of Disney animators, and a lot try to emulate Disney, are trying to hit what they call quality levels. They're boring mannerisms.

— Ralph Bakshi

In college, I was a cartoonist at 'The Daily Northwestern.' So I draw myself. I was an animator. But basically, I went to Northwestern…

— John Musker

“Sticks and stones will break your bones, but failure will get you killed.”

— Laurell K. Hamilton

Honestly, every person, every individual has a process, and my philosophy, whether it's an actor or an animator, is you try to understand the…

— Gore Verbinski

In a comic strip, you can suggest motion and time, but it's very crude compared to what an animator can do. I have a…

— Bill Watterson

Short films really helped me develop as a story teller, animator, and as a director.

— John Lasseter

I always loved that solitary experience of making things. There's a solitary aspect to animating... It's ultimately the animator and the puppet coaxing a…

— Travis Knight

I have never played a superhero in real life and I would imagine it is very different Voiceover is super easy. You just come…

— Jeremy Sisto

The industry in Japan moving toward CGI is not as severe and extreme as in the U.S. The animation industry in the U.S. is…

— Katsuhiro Otomo

The animators are fantastic though. They'll shoot their own reference material, and just go into the car park or something. And they might shoot…

— Chris Sanders

I animated 20 years at Terry Toons. It's important to know that animators like pizza and a raise once in a while, and you've…

— Ralph Bakshi