It was really John's [Musker] idea to begin with to tell a story set in the world of the South Pacific, Polynesia. He started, he just loved the world and he started reading a lot of mythology, which most people… — Ron Clements Copy Share Image
[John Musker] got me reading the mythology and we very early on we worked up a basic storyline centered around the character of Maui.… — Ron Clements Copy Share Image
It was really John's [Musker] idea to begin with to tell a story set in the world of the South Pacific, Polynesia. He started,… — Ron Clements Copy Share Image
We really wanted someone from the culture to sort of do that. And we heard about Taika [Waititi]. We saw his movie Boy, which… — Ron Clements Copy Share Image
There are stories of Maui everywhere in the South Pacific. They're different. Different areas have different interpretations. But and so we [with John Musker]… — Ron Clements Copy Share Image
I have basset hounds. I have four now, I've had more in the past, and I relate to them because physically we're similar, in… — Ron Clements Copy Share Image
Taika [Waititi] came up... We kind of had and we sort of named this girl Moana, named after the ocean. And we had a… — Ron Clements Copy Share Image
![“It was really John's [Musker] idea to begin with to tell a story set in the world of the South Pacific, Polynesia. He started, he just loved the world and he started reading a lot of mythology, which most people are not that familiar with.” quote by Ron Clements](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b4b/ron-clements-54148_familiar_it-was-really-john-s-musker-idea-to-begi_312411.jpg)
![“[John Musker] got me reading the mythology and we very early on we worked up a basic storyline centered around the character of Maui. He just seemed like a great character to kind of build a movie around. He's this mythic demi-god, bigger than life character. He pulled up islands with his magical…” quote by Ron Clements](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/38b/ron-clements-54148_bigger_john-musker-got-me-reading-the-mythology_145840.jpg)
![“We really wanted someone from the culture to sort of do that. And we heard about Taika [Waititi]. We saw his movie Boy, which that he had directed and written and which was great. We read another one of his scripts that was great. And we brought him in, showed him what we were doing. He really…” quote by Ron Clements](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b3c/ron-clements-54148_boys_we-really-wanted-someone-from-the-cultur_414613.jpg)
![“There are stories of Maui everywhere in the South Pacific. They're different. Different areas have different interpretations. But and so we [with John Musker] fashioned, that was kind of the inspiration and we came up with a very simple basic storyline, focusing on Maui.” quote by Ron Clements](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fb9/ron-clements-54148_areas_there-are-stories-of-maui-everywhere-in_1414875.jpg)
![“Taika [Waititi] came up... We kind of had and we sort of named this girl Moana, named after the ocean. And we had a very, a visual outline of the story. And we heard about Taika from people in the South Pacific that we talked to.” quote by Ron Clements](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b17/ron-clements-54148_girl_taika-waititi-came-up-we-kind-of-had-and_3168119.jpg)