In animation, there's not a medium I believe that's more collaborative. It is a team of people, of different disciplines, coming together. The decisions are made by consensus in many cases. My job as a director is to exercise the… — Kelly Asbury Copy Share Image
I look back at my childhood, and the films that I remember the most are things like 'Mary Poppins,' 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,' 'Willy… — Kelly Asbury Copy Share Image
Certainly in the case of 'Gnomeo & Juliet,' if it makes children or adults a little more interested in Shakespeare, there's nothing wrong with… — Kelly Asbury Copy Share Image
Animation tends to have several different writers who serve different functions. I think, on a lot of animated features, there are a lot of… — Kelly Asbury Copy Share Image
I want the audience to walk out of the theater feeling they got their money's worth. Every movie that I enjoy, I leave the… — Kelly Asbury Copy Share Image
The way I choose voice talent is I don't let them tell me who the actor is. — Kelly Asbury Copy Share Image
I think a film should be appropriate to what it's trying to say or the characters in it. — Kelly Asbury Copy Share Image
We are all rebellious teenagers. Sometimes we grow out of it, and sometimes we don't. — Kelly Asbury Copy Share Image
What I want to impart on any movie I work on is I want to make it entertaining. That's what I feel I do. — Kelly Asbury Copy Share Image
I think 'West Side Story' is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, musicals ever put onscreen - or stage, for that matter.… — Kelly Asbury Copy Share Image
I wanted to create a world that presented the Smurfs with obstacles and challenges and really put them in a fish-out-of-water situation but also… — Kelly Asbury Copy Share Image
