Animation Quotes · Page 7

Doing animation is great fun. It's like a different world.

— John Noble

Animation means to invoke life, not to imitate it.

— Chuck Jones

The animation of the canvas is one of the hardest problems of painting.

— Alfred Sisley

It's been my ambition for about 30 years to do a full- length animation film.

— Paul McCartney

Felt is not the easiest thing to animate. It's very flimsy.

— Spike Jonze

“Having a purpose is one thing, but the quickening is a total animation of passion.”

— Bryant McGill

Animation is not just for children - it's also for adults who take drugs.

— Paul McCartney

I'm definitely looking to do more animation stuff.

— Big Show

You draw the character from all angles - side, profile, back, etc. so the animator has this character in all the ways…

— Marjane Satrapi

I am an ocean lover and fish watcher and had studied marine biology and even taught marine sciences before I got into…

— Stephen Hillenburg

I was invited to join the MGM cartoon department. But if I'd started work in animation I'd have had to take a…

— Jack Nicholson

In animation, there's silly things I get to do with my voice. I get to have a wider range, so my voice…

— Virginia Madsen

When you do animation - well, straightforward animation, although it's not straightforward - the voice for a character or something, they're always…

— Andy Serkis

My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the…

— Smedley Butler

It's a hilarious part of my past, all the sitcoms I did in the '80s. And then all the animation - animation…

— Pamela Adlon

One of the big moments of my life was watching 'Star Wars' on its opening weekend in Hollywood. I was watching all…

— John Lasseter

[on the future of hand-drawn animation] I'm actually not that worried. I wouldn't give up on it completely. Once in a while…

— Hayao Miyazaki

Animation can be a full spectrum of different storytelling techniques and different genres. I think it's sad that there is only one…

— Bill Plympton

You're going to get different kinds of animation for different kinds of audiences. Traditionally, adult animation has been for the young male…

— Raphael Bob-Waksberg

Animation is about timing; movement or lack of movement, often in time with music. These are the tools which make it's visual…

— John Rozum

With the quality of films it seems animation can do almost anything these days. It’s amazing what goes on. But for us…

— Klay Hall

Humanity and Immortality consist neither in reason, nor in love; not in the body, nor in the animation of the heart of…

— John Ruskin

Joanna Priestley is one of the most interesting and adept personal animators and filmmakers. I have enjoyed her work for years and…

— Gus Van Sant

There is something I feel when I animate something; you can never really understand the character you're animating unless you've had the…

— Marc Davis

“Reflecting on the creation of the songs and vocal performances, Peter [Schneider] speaks with respect and regret: "It's sad that Howard [Ashman]…

— Charles Solomon

“I think it was surprising that we were the first group of animators, as far as I can recall, to have the…

— Prestel Publishing

My first jobs were at Pixar and John Lasseter just doing animation would always allow actors to do that, and then animate…

— Dan Fogelman

The amazing fact that one person can make his own film - I think animation is somewhat unique in that respect. I…

— Bill Plympton

You look at Japan and Hayao Miyazaki's films are the biggest films ever made in Japan; domestically there and they play to…

— Chris Wedge

First of all, computer animation is certainly a tremendous and viable medium today. But the warmth and personality derived from 2-D animation,…

— Richard Sherman

Films are made the same today, as they've ever been made, in certain respects. The scriptwriting, the pre-production, the storyboarding, and the…

— Rob Minkoff

“The definition of superb animation is that each character on the screen makes you believe it is a thinking being. Whether it’s…

— Ed Catmull

It's been an ambition of mine, before I even wanted to act, to be involved in animation.

— Taron Egerton

It feels like animation has a little more independence than traditional sitcoms ever did.

— H. Jon Benjamin

Are the Simpsons cool? They are, and that is crude 2D animation.

— Edwin Catmull

Yes, actually. Animation's a very easy thing to watch on tour.

— Dave Rowntree

It is no surprise that animation is Hollywood's most successful and innovative genre.

— Dwayne Johnson

I'm a true fan of animation, and it's my livelihood. Live-action is secondary to me.

— Genndy Tartakovsky

Initially, it was sort of devastating to lose full animation and go limited.

— William Hanna

Tidiness makes me think of held breath, of suspended animation.

— Anne Lamott