Paprika is evidence that Japanese animators are reaching for the moon, while most of their American counterparts remain stuck in the kiddie… — Manohla Dargis Copy Share Image
One day, I was taken into a room with 25 animators, all working on Sadness. They asked me a lot of questions,… — Phyllis Smith Copy Share Image
I animated 20 years at Terry Toons. It's important to know that animators like pizza and a raise once in a while,… — Ralph Bakshi Copy Share Image
I usually get involved in the interviews about the animators and the filmmaking in general, because I had a chance.I got to… — Andreas Deja Copy Share Image
In terms of animation, animators are actors as well. They are fantastic actors. They have to draw from how they feel emotionally… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Sometimes I am just playing the character. I will move out of the way of the microphone, and they will have to… — Antonio Banderas Copy Share Image
There's this whole grey area seemingly every time it's talked about animators and who takes ultimate responsibility for the characters [of the… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I was at Disney for about four years, so I made good friends there. It was a time of not a lot… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
I'm always impressed with the work of animators. You have to be able to draw the scenes in between movements. I'm impressed… — Akira Toriyama Copy Share Image
Watching Ray Harryhausen's films growing up was a pure joy. He brought legends to life and he became a legend himself. And… — Joe Letteri Copy Share Image
I think a good study of music would be indispensable to the animators - a realization on their part of how primitive… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
The industry in Japan moving toward CGI is not as severe and extreme as in the U.S. The animation industry in the… — Katsuhiro Otomo Copy Share Image
When you work in animation, everyone starts on the bottom rung. You don't even draw your own pictures, you just fill in… — Rob Minkoff Copy Share Image
What's fun about the story development at Pixar is it's a journey. You don't just write a script and then that's the… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
I'm in the early stages of a film called 'Freezing Time' about Eadweard Muybridge, the Victorian photographer who was really the forefather… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
'Cars' has been a godsend. I mean, I get paid to talk into a mic. Honestly, I had no idea it would… — Larry the Cable Guy Copy Share Image
Joanna Priestley’s amazing body of animated films have deservedly earned their place in the pantheon of contemporary international animators. Inventively visioned, superbly… — Bill Foster Copy Share Image
The Disney animators' rules on adult females: mothers are perfect but imperiled; stepmothers are wicked and occasionally homicidal; godmothers are sweet things… — Richard Corliss Copy Share Image
I saw 'Sleeping Beauty' when I was, like, 6 years old at the Mercury Theatre. Then, when I came to Disney, I… — John Musker Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I get a lot of credit for Tron. They called us scene choreographers back then because the animation unit wouldn't let us… — Chris Wedge Copy Share Image
We use shorts at the studio extensively to develop talent. I always love to give opportunities for young story people, animators, layout… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
There's always room out there for the hand-drawn image. I personally like the imperfection of hand drawing as opposed to the slick… — Matt Groening Copy Share Image
It's like, the more you commit, the happier the animators are; if you're at all iffy and concerned, then it doesn't free… — Neil Patrick Harris Copy Share Image
Sometimes you're talking to a tennis ball on a stick, and you have to imagine what is supposed to be there and… — Ray Fisher Copy Share Image
To direct a genuinely animated film, you're really having meetings and discussing what you want with animators who then go off and… — Peter Jackson 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've been very lucky to work with many amazing animators and directors who can interpret and extend the music I make. When… — Gotye Copy Share Image
People are mystified by it and so they kind of think, the acting community thinks they're gonna be replaced by CG characters… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
The great thing about the animation process is that is goes from, I write the lines, it goes to the actors, the… — Michael Arndt Copy Share Image
The 'Aladdin' thing - that's not work; that's just fun. Three days in the recording studio going mad, then the animators do… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
The quality and success of Disney was actually bad for us animators because everyone on the planet thought that animation was only… — Michel Ocelot 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
When you're acting in front of a camera, you can really give all of your emotions with your eyes so the camera… — Joshua Rush Copy Share Image
You have to understand that when you're a voice actor on an animated film, you're really just a tiny little piece of… — Phyllis Smith Copy Share Image
Animators do amazing working translating and interpolating the characters [in the Planet of the apes], the facial performances. What we're creating on… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I started out as a producer. and I used to work at Disney. and I worked with a lot of the animators… — Michael Giacchino 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 think stop-motion has always been semi-obsolete. And stop-motion animators - people like myself - love it so much that we're always… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
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