When animators weren't sleeping, they were drinking.

My goal is to hit the gym every day I'm on vacation. Usually I just end up sleeping and drinking beer.

— Gary Allan

Sometimes I am just playing the character. I will move out of the way of the microphone, and they will have to tell me.…

— Antonio Banderas

Watching Ray Harryhausen's films growing up was a pure joy. He brought legends to life and he became a legend himself. And I am…

— Joe Letteri

I saw 'Sleeping Beauty' when I was, like, 6 years old at the Mercury Theatre. Then, when I came to Disney, I was in…

— John Musker

I think a good study of music would be indispensable to the animators - a realization on their part of how primitive music is,…

— Walt Disney

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

I started out as a producer. and I used to work at Disney. and I worked with a lot of the animators and went…

— Michael Giacchino

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

Programmers are very creative people. And animators are problem solvers, just as programmers are.

— Edwin Catmull

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

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

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

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

I mean, we make a 15-minute show that's incredibly silly, even though all of our scenic designers, puppet builders. animators, everybody that works on…

— Seth Green

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