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title: "2 Calligraphy Quotes By Jennifer Yuh Nelson"
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> [We had Chinese artists that would put in elements for the Chinese audience like the calligraphy actually means something so the audience when they read it they'll understand. So there were definitely little things we were able to do that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-yuh-nelson/we-had-chinese-artists-that-would-put-in-elements-for-the-chinese/)

[Jennifer Yuh Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-yuh-nelson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e72/jennifer-yuh-nelson-9435_able_we-had-chinese-artists-that-would-put-in_1075405.png)

> [The story in that particular spot was an ancient history story, and we wanted to give it a historical feeling, which was why we used a historical calligraphy scroll come to life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-yuh-nelson/the-story-in-that-particular-spot-was-an-ancient-history-story-and-we/)

[Jennifer Yuh Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-yuh-nelson/)

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## More by Jennifer Yuh Nelson

> [I always want to do a big finale.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-yuh-nelson/i-always-want-to-do-a-big-finale/)

[Jennifer Yuh Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-yuh-nelson/)

> [I'm a very soft-spoken person. I don't throw furniture. I don't throw tantrums.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-yuh-nelson/i-m-a-very-soft-spoken-person-i-don-t-throw-furniture-i-don-t-throw/)

[Jennifer Yuh Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-yuh-nelson/)

> [Tigress is my alternate personality, especially with children. I love animation because you get to do things you don't normally get to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-yuh-nelson/tigress-is-my-alternate-personality-especially-with-children-i-love/)

[Jennifer Yuh Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-yuh-nelson/)

> [If you only do what you can do, you'll never be more than you are now.I never thought i'd be where I am now,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-yuh-nelson/if-you-only-do-what-you-can-do-you-ll-never-be-more-than-you-are-now/)

[Jennifer Yuh Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-yuh-nelson/)

> [We always try to make the very best movie when we're working on and we can only think one at a time. We want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-yuh-nelson/we-always-try-to-make-the-very-best-movie-when-we-re-working-on-and/)

[Jennifer Yuh Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-yuh-nelson/)

> [I've been drawing my whole life. My mom says my sister and I were drawing by age 1. Animation seems a real, natural extension…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-yuh-nelson/i-ve-been-drawing-my-whole-life-my-mom-says-my-sister-and-i-were/)

[Jennifer Yuh Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-yuh-nelson/)

> [ You have hundreds of artists you're dealing with across the world and the scale of this movie \[Kung Fu Panda\] was insane - we… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-yuh-nelson/you-have-hundreds-of-artists-you-re-dealing-with-across-the-world-and/)

[Jennifer Yuh Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-yuh-nelson/)

> [If you have a movie that doesn't strive to go to a certain emotional point, you can do anything and it will be fine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-yuh-nelson/if-you-have-a-movie-that-doesn-t-strive-to-go-to-a-certain-emotional/)

[Jennifer Yuh Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-yuh-nelson/)

> [ We actually tried to put in \[Kung Fu Panda 3\] all the things we wanted to put into the first two films. We're all… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-yuh-nelson/we-actually-tried-to-put-in-kung-fu-panda-3-all-the-things-we-wanted/)

[Jennifer Yuh Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-yuh-nelson/)

> [8 year old young girl came up to me when I went to speak at an elementary school, and she gave me a drawing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-yuh-nelson/8-year-old-young-girl-came-up-to-me-when-i-went-to-speak-at-an/)

[Jennifer Yuh Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-yuh-nelson/)

> [ We have those new environments \[during Kung Fu Panda 3\] that give a scale to the movie, that are the spirit realm and the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-yuh-nelson/we-have-those-new-environments-during-kung-fu-panda-3-that-give-a/)

[Jennifer Yuh Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-yuh-nelson/)

> [A lot of the time in animation is spent getting the story right - that's something you can't rush.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-yuh-nelson/a-lot-of-the-time-in-animation-is-spent-getting-the-story-right-that/)

[Jennifer Yuh Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-yuh-nelson/)

> [I think the one thing specifically that is most consistent, is that we want to harken back to martial arts movies because that's kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-yuh-nelson/i-think-the-one-thing-specifically-that-is-most-consistent-is-that-we/)

[Jennifer Yuh Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-yuh-nelson/)

> [ One of the things we love about Po \[Kung Fu Panda\] is that he's vulnerable. He's someone that we can all identify with because… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-yuh-nelson/one-of-the-things-we-love-about-po-kung-fu-panda-is-that-he-s/)

[Jennifer Yuh Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-yuh-nelson/)

> [Growing up, my sisters and I would always talk stories. One of my frustrations was I didn't know anything about cameras. I didn't know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-yuh-nelson/growing-up-my-sisters-and-i-would-always-talk-stories-one-of-my/)

[Jennifer Yuh Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-yuh-nelson/)

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