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title: "1 Kinds Stories Quotes By Travis Knight"
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> [When your focus is franchises and brands, that limits the kinds of stories you can tell. That kind of thing can be good for the bottom line but they're not particularly good for showcasing the diversity of human experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-knight/when-your-focus-is-franchises-and-brands-that-limits-the-kinds-of/)

[Travis Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-knight/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfd/travis-knight-5695_bottom-line_when-your-focus-is-franchises-and-brands_3147390.jpg)

## More by Travis Knight

> [A fundamental and unfortunate part of being alive is to suffer loss and to suffer grief.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-knight/a-fundamental-and-unfortunate-part-of-being-alive-is-to-suffer-loss/)

[Travis Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-knight/)

> [I love 'Princess Mononoke,' 'My Neighbour Totoro.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-knight/i-love-princess-mononoke-my-neighbour-totoro/)

[Travis Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-knight/)

> [Our ambition is to be the center of independent animation filmmaking; to be the bravest animation studio in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-knight/our-ambition-is-to-be-the-center-of-independent-animation-filmmaking/)

[Travis Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-knight/)

> [No TV show has meant more to me than 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-knight/no-tv-show-has-meant-more-to-me-than-buffy-the-vampire-slayer/)

[Travis Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-knight/)

> [If you look at 'Coraline' and you look at 'ParaNorman' certainly you can tell that there are threads of the same DNA between those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-knight/if-you-look-at-coraline-and-you-look-at-paranorman-certainly-you-can/)

[Travis Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-knight/)

> [I fully believe that representation and inclusion matters... and that's why on all of our films, we've featured diverse casts, and that actually is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-knight/i-fully-believe-that-representation-and-inclusion-matters-and-that-s/)

[Travis Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-knight/)

> [I always loved that solitary experience of making things. There's a solitary aspect to animating... It's ultimately the animator and the puppet coaxing a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-knight/i-always-loved-that-solitary-experience-of-making-things-there-s-a/)

[Travis Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-knight/)

> [When you think of the warm grandmotherly type of character, you don't think of Elaine Stritch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-knight/when-you-think-of-the-warm-grandmotherly-type-of-character-you-don-t/)

[Travis Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-knight/)

> [When we started on 'Coraline,' there was a whole host of things that we had no idea how we were going to do. Because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-knight/when-we-started-on-coraline-there-was-a-whole-host-of-things-that-we/)

[Travis Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-knight/)

> [When you look back over 100 years when stop-motion was really at the dawn of cinema, a lot of the ways it developed was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-knight/when-you-look-back-over-100-years-when-stop-motion-was-really-at-the/)

[Travis Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-knight/)

> [This medium of stop-motion, it can be much more than it's been kind of defined as - it's not just a creaky and anachronistic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-knight/this-medium-of-stop-motion-it-can-be-much-more-than-it-s-been-kind-of/)

[Travis Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-knight/)

> [I think there's an unfortunate thing where a lot of content geared towards kids and families is watered down, dumbed down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-knight/i-think-there-s-an-unfortunate-thing-where-a-lot-of-content-geared/)

[Travis Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-knight/)

> [People have been declaring stop-motion dead for a generation. But living in the digital age, people appreciate the art of craft, or working with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-knight/people-have-been-declaring-stop-motion-dead-for-a-generation-but/)

[Travis Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-knight/)

> [I won't say which one, but one shot on 'Kubo' took two months to get the expression right. It's ridiculous on some level.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-knight/i-won-t-say-which-one-but-one-shot-on-kubo-took-two-months-to-get-the/)

[Travis Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-knight/)

> [If you go back and look at those films, movies like 'Bambi' and 'Pinocchio,' there are elements that are incredibly dark. Yet no one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-knight/if-you-go-back-and-look-at-those-films-movies-like-bambi-and/)

[Travis Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-knight/)

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