In computer animation, every detail has to be thought out, designed, modeled, shaded, placed and lit. The more you add, the more… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
Traditionally, animation has been dominated by men in the past. I don't know why it attracted guys. — Pete Docter Copy Share Image
If I'm crisp and economical in my delivery, have smooth transitions, movement and animation, and flights of fancy, that would get me… — Franklyn Ajaye Copy Share Image
One of the things about animation is it's so expensive to do the animation, that you can't produce coverage. You only have… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
For me, part of the fascination with making animation is you go to a place; it's a complete immersion in someone else's… — Chris Wedge Copy Share Image
Even in hand drawn animation, humans are widely considered to be the most difficult to execute, because everybody has a feeling for… — Brad Bird Copy Share Image
Let's get real: the .GIF format is outdated and is not really that great for the modern web anymore. It was created… — Alan Schaaf Copy Share Image
I love working with rotoscopic animation because under the incredible handpainted artwork are real actors and real human performances. — Keith Maitland Copy Share Image
I got a job as the Visuals Art's Teacher at my Alma Mata, St. Mary's College. Then my interests shifted to animation.… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
My wife allowed me to build an animation studio in our house, and I'm always in there. The great thing is that… — Donald Faison Copy Share Image
Coincidences always happen if you keep your mind open, while storyboards remain the instruments of cowards who do not trust in their… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
In timing a film, we used to assume that sneaks move slowly. This was great for animators-thirty-six to forty-eight drawings for a… — Chuck Jones Copy Share Image
For me, drawing is the greatest joy. Animation is never as good as when I'm sitting at that desk drawing. Even when… — Glen Keane Copy Share Image
I want to see abstract art move. Especially in the '30s, you had animators doing innovative work, and I was entranced by… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
If you look at a multi-player game, it's the people who are playing the game who are often more valuable than all… — Gabe Newell Copy Share Image
Historically, stop-motion animation has had a jerky-jerky quality, which is a constant reminder to audiences that they're looking at artificial objects. It… — Travis Knight Copy Share Image
The best way for a beginner to write for animation is to closely watch animated films, then read the screenplays for them… — Douglas Wood Copy Share Image
Working with CGI is more like doing theater where your sort of imagining things. I didn't experience it as restrictive. — James Frain Copy Share Image
Pixar has invented much of computer animation as it's known today, and I've been very lucky to be the first traditional animator… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
I think it reflects well on the state of animation that people are knowledgeable about it and love the fantasy and imagination… — Bill Plympton Copy Share Image
Technology is the friend of traditional animation. It doesn't have to replace it. It can help you do it. — Tomm Moore Copy Share Image
Motion-capture is not a genre. Motion-capture is a tool and technique and what we tried to do was to really use both… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
Scoring animated films, I have the exact same approach and philosophy as I do for a live action. It's all story- and… — Michael Giacchino Copy Share Image
I'm not honestly a real student of animation. I never was into it all that much. I don't really watch any animated… — Steve Dildarian Copy Share Image
The great thing about computer animation is that all of those environments exist as three-dimensional worlds, so these VR worlds already exist. — Jennifer Yuh Nelson Copy Share Image
There was a time when cell animation was poison, but after Family Guy now everyone wants it. — Mike Judge Copy Share Image
My father had a Super 8 camera when I was a kid and sometimes he would use it. I did some animation… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
I once said that CGI makes you less inventive. At the time I was bemoaning the loss of the practical stunt. If… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
Coming from the world of animation, every single line counts; every single gesture counts. You put thought into every single one of… — Travis Knight Copy Share Image
I'm hoping to develop a lot of graphic novels and television shows and films and animation. I've got my hands in a… — Michael B. Jordan Copy Share Image
I think sometimes big budget means explosions! CGI! CGI, the possibilities are so limitless that it begins to be impractical. — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
The people that are fans of animation are really the people that are keeping the art form of animation alive. If you… — Kari Wahlgren Copy Share Image
When caricaturist, Al Hirschfeld, did a drawing of a celebrity, it often looked more like the person than the person did. That's… — Brad Bird Copy Share Image
Every animator is really an actor performing in slow motion, living the character a drawing at a time. — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
It just seems like the whole, overall animation world is trying to go where maybe animation doesn't belong. — Don Bluth Copy Share Image
I love animated films when they are good, because they do bring a lot of emotion and heart that's very difficult to… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I think the idea of a traditional story being told using traditional animation is likely a thing of the past, — Jeffrey Katzenberg Copy Share Image
“Kon’s films present a fractured, multifaceted world in which everyone has their own different reality.” — Andrew Osmond Copy Share Image
Animation taught me to draw quickly and clearly and to communicate a character's feelings through his or her body language and facial… — Vera Brosgol Copy Share Image
A lot of the time in animation is spent getting the story right - that's something you can't rush. — Jennifer Yuh Nelson Copy Share Image
