Animation Quotes · Page 3

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

— William Hanna

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

— Edwin Catmull

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

— Genndy Tartakovsky

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

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

— Anne Lamott

I like watching romantic comedies and animation.

— Ileana D'Cruz

It's not like the computer magically does it for you. Animation just takes forever.

— Stephen Hillenburg

Animating is a very slow, pain-staking process and the animators become the actors at that point.

— Wes Anderson

I prefer that animation reach into places where live action doesn't go, and it seems like all of animation nowadays is trying…

— Don Bluth

This CGI bullshit is the death knell of cinema. If I'd wanted all that computer game bullshit, I'd have stuck my dick…

— Quentin Tarantino

Computer animation is one way to liberate people from their circumstantial gravity, and it is one way to give them mental freedom.

— Cai Guo-Qiang

When business executives are making the artistic decisions and don't understand animation, things can go awry.

— Don Bluth

“While the characters drive the epic story of Robotech, it’s the robotic mecha that capture the imagination.”

— Tommy Yune

I want to take themes that are shared throughout the world, express them through animation, and make movies from them.

— Mamoru Hosoda

Animation is my love, but I think there's definitely room in live-action. I mean, 'Iron Man 2' was fun, and I got…

— Genndy Tartakovsky

One of the best animated films I've seen come out of Disney was the Tarzan movie. I wasn't crazy about the story…

— Ralph Bakshi

CGI has fully ruined car crashes. Because how can you be impressed with them now? When you watch them in the '70s,…

— Quentin Tarantino

I thought that if I could speed up the production of animation, I could make a big business out of recreating the…

— Jimmy Lai

The cost of an animated film really comes down to man hours. If you gather together world-class talent, then the question becomes…

— Chris Meledandri

It's a film made in a very radical creative manner. It was possible because we didn't have to pander to capitalism. I…

— Alex Abreu

I don't have a problem with big name actors coming into animation. It actually has been done for years and we are…

— Frank Welker

I went to the archives to see what Dumbo work there was, not for current film, but just for my love of…

— Peter Sohn

If you're sitting in your minivan, playing your computer animated films for your children in the back seat, is it the animation…

— John Lasseter

This dim coolness of my room was to the broad daylight of the street what the shadow is to the sunbeam, that…

— Marcel Proust

I think animation is a very truthful way to express your thoughts, because the process is very direct. That's what I've always…

— Michel Gondry

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

— Dan Fogelman

People are funny -- they are able to project personality onto anything. I remember as a kid I spent a $ 5…

— Pete Docter

“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

Since the waiting time required during the rendering process has been dramatically shorter in the last 10 years, I think that CGI…

— Katsuhiro Otomo

As well as Japanese animation, technology has a huge influence on Japanese society, and also Japanese novels. It's because before, people tended…

— Mamoru Oshii

In overseeing both Disney and Pixar Animation, each studio has a unique culture.

— John Lasseter

Usually when I mention suspended animation, people will flash me the Vulcan sign and laugh.

— Mark Roth

I don't know if I really watched any Disney animation as a kid.

— Emilie de Ravin

I hope I don't become just an animation [with a digital film].

— Keanu Reeves

Of all studios that should be doing 2-D animation, it should be Disney.

— John Lasseter

Nothing's occurring in animation - you manufacture everything.

— Gore Verbinski

Depression is melancholy minus its charms - the animation, the fits.

— Susan Sontag

'Bolt' was made by Walt Disney Animation Studios, not by Pixar.

— John Lasseter