If all the actors are in the recording session at the same time, you can record all voices for one episode in… — Kam Williams Copy Share Image
I do a lot of urban fantasy, which is modern-day cities, but you've got magic, you've got fairies running around, or cryptozoological… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
What happens in animation is that you don't really start the story until you're boarding it, which usually means that you've gotta… — Doug Sweetland Copy Share Image
I was always tinkering around with stuff but nothing serious at the time. I was doing animations and drawing like crazy, but… — Chad VanGaalen Copy Share Image
Those in power at Disney, the very generous figures at Disney Animation, have convinced themselves I'm a good-luck charm for their movies,… — Alan Tudyk Copy Share Image
As an actor, doing animation is definitely on the list of most actors because it is such a freeing, fun, different experience… — Eric Stonestreet Copy Share Image
It's weird - on almost every film I've worked on, the first sequence we storyboard ends up being the first sequence that… — Pete Docter Copy Share Image
Storyboards are kind of inflexible, once you finish making them you have to stick to them. Since animation takes such a long… — Signe Baumane Copy Share Image
I am an animator. I feel like I'm the manager of a animation cinema factory. I am not an executive. I'm rather… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
When you look back over 100 years when stop-motion was really at the dawn of cinema, a lot of the ways it… — Travis Knight Copy Share Image
I've done animated TV stuff, but I'd never done animated film work, which is much more involved and much more labor intensive.… — Ty Burrell Copy Share Image
Luckily, I went to school at CalArts, and then ended up here at Disney, starting in the Animation Building and working my… — Chris Buck Copy Share Image
I believe in 3D for certain kinds of films. I certainly believe in using 3D for all things in animation because animation… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
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For whatever reason, I think we have one type of animated movie and it's so wrong. I want to do a drama,… — Genndy Tartakovsky Copy Share Image
Characters in animation do not cheat. They do not let you go for another. Animation is on certain points, very close to… — Hideaki Anno Copy Share Image
I do not draw any of the pictures for my movies as an animator. The reason for that is that I am… — Mamoru Hosoda Copy Share Image
I'm not a big fan of CGI. When I look at it, I go: 'Wait a minute. That's not possible.' And I… — Hal Needham Copy Share Image
An animatic is a process where every voice and every sound effect is added to rough animated drawings and it lasts exactly… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
That's the storyboard that we have in the beginning [of Valerian]. It's an easy shot. It's just a spaceship coming in. That's… — Luc Besson Copy Share Image
For me, one of the great tragedies is the conclusion studios have drawn about traditional animation. I believe that 2D animation could… — Edwin Catmull Copy Share Image
What do I mean when I say 'suspended animation'? It is the process by which animals de-animate, appear dead and then can… — Mark Roth Copy Share Image
I don't storyboard. I guess it dates back to my days in live television, where there was no possibility of storyboarding and… — Arthur Penn Copy Share Image
Animation story boarding works differently than live action story boarding. The story crew along with a writer really does shape and create… — Nathan Greno Copy Share Image
Animation had been used only for things like King Kong and the destruction of cities, which was very popular in the 1950s.… — Ray Harryhausen Copy Share Image
The thing with animation is that you record the actors like a radio show and then the animators become actors in their… — Wes Anderson Copy Share Image
I don't know how to animate on the computer, and I'm really grateful that I worked with a couple of other guys.… — Glen Keane Copy Share Image
'Toonami' was a tremendous vehicle, delivering the art of Japanese animation to a massive audience that may have otherwise never experienced it.… — Steven Blum Copy Share Image
People who get into animation tend to be kids. We don't have to grow up. But also, animators are great observers, and… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
I am a proud mother - that's another reason I love doing any kind of animation. When my son was growing up,… — Virginia Madsen Copy Share Image
In the animation world, people who understand pencils and paper usually aren't computer people, and the computer people usually aren't the artistic… — Don Bluth Copy Share Image
I like doing everything. That's why I came to Pixar, as opposed to Disney or any other studio - it's small. At… — Pete Docter Copy Share Image
We're not purists about stop-motion. If there's a tool we can use that makes more sense to bring something to life in… — Travis Knight Copy Share Image
When I was a freshman in high school, I read a book about the making of Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' called 'The Art… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
Animation is so much work! I don't know if I have the skills to really hack that. Maybe as storyboard artist or… — Kate Beaton Copy Share Image
If you make the wrong decision, you make the wrong decision. That's all there is to it. There are few guarantees in… — Nicholas Lore Copy Share Image
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We exchanged a couple of ideas and stuff like that, but that's about it. I just think ... consulting on 'Tintin' was… — Janusz Kaminski Copy Share Image
On the 'Tom and Jerry's,' Joe and I would sit across a desk from each other and develop the story. Joe would… — William Hanna Copy Share Image
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![“If [hand-drawn animation] is a dying craft, we can't do anything about it. Civilization moves on. Where are all the fresco painters now? Where are the landscape artists? What are they doing now? The world is changing. I have been very fortunate to be able to do the same job for 40 years. That's…” quote by Hayao Miyazaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33e/hayao-miyazaki-3768_able_if-hand-drawn-animation-is-a-dying-craft_2901864.jpg)
![“That's the storyboard that we have in the beginning [of Valerian]. It's an easy shot. It's just a spaceship coming in. That's the first layout. On the first layout, we see the timing of the shot and the speed. It starts to get some shadows, and we see that everything is moving in the back.” quote by Luc Besson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35d/luc-besson-14754_animation_that-s-the-storyboard-that-we-have-in-th_2853889.jpg)
![“We exchanged a couple of ideas and stuff like that, but that's about it. I just think ... consulting on 'Tintin' was very interesting because you try to ... not educate, but inform the animators [about] what the lighting looks like, but [in the end] they do it themselves. I don't actually go and…” quote by Janusz Kaminski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/994/janusz-kaminski-23057_animation_we-exchanged-a-couple-of-ideas-and-stuff_2722363.jpg)
