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> [As I said, i'm very quiet, i don't go around saying "I'm awesome!" but when I brought in my portfolio into DreamWorks and showed them what I could do, my art style is a lot wilder than I am.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-yuh-nelson/as-i-said-i-m-very-quiet-i-don-t-go-around-saying-i-m-awesome-but/)

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

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> [ Oriental DreamWorks did a lot of the surfacing of the village \[in Kung Fu Panda 3\] and you know all the little paintings on all the gables and everything? They have meaning, and they could do that because they know… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-yuh-nelson/oriental-dreamworks-did-a-lot-of-the-surfacing-of-the-village-in-kung/)

[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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