What stop-motion does best is present real objects magically brought to life in a very imperfect situation; the hand of the artist is there, the electricity of someone touching, massaging and torturing themselves to get life out of an inanimate… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
Kids love to be scared; we all do. But there's a difference between leaving them hanging out there, with their fears, and then bringing them safely home. Kids love it when someone like them stands up against real evil, something… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
My mother is a huge fan of my work. I told her about 'Coraline' long before the film was made, and she got the… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
I get rewarded virtually every day with something amazing to see - whether it's a new shot, a miniature sweater, someone who's figured out… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
There's very few people who want to just make beautiful films that make money, when they can make films that make huge money. — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
In all animation, if it's done quickly, you'll know it. And if you're very slow and careful with it, it's going to look a… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
There's always kids who become stop motion animators. I get stuff all the time. They put it on YouTube. It's exciting to see. — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
I have more faith in doing something creative for a cable station or something like Yahoo or Google or Amazon. What Netflix did with… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
What stop-motion does best is present real objects magically brought to life in a very imperfect situation; the hand of the artist is there,… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
There's the animation ghetto of feature films in this country. There's this flavor at DreamWorks, and Pixar does their own thing, and generally they're… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
I was influenced by Ray Harryhausen and Lotte Reiniger, with her twitchy, cutout animation, which I happened to see at a very young age,… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
I think it's important that kids see another kid - Coraline - who doesn't have guns, she doesn't have super-powers, she's not a super-genius.… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
Puppets seem like vampires sometimes. They live, and you're depleted. — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
While I was making 'Coraline' I barely got to see any films at all, so I've got a lot of catching up to do. — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
