Henry Selick

My mother is a huge fan of my work. I told her about 'Coraline' long before the film was made, and she…

— Henry Selick

I get rewarded virtually every day with something amazing to see - whether it's a new shot, a miniature sweater, someone who's…

— Henry Selick

There's very few people who want to just make beautiful films that make money, when they can make films that make huge…

— Henry Selick

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…

— Henry Selick

There's always kids who become stop motion animators. I get stuff all the time. They put it on YouTube. It's exciting to…

— Henry Selick

I have more faith in doing something creative for a cable station or something like Yahoo or Google or Amazon. What Netflix…

— Henry Selick

What stop-motion does best is present real objects magically brought to life in a very imperfect situation; the hand of the artist…

— Henry Selick

There's the animation ghetto of feature films in this country. There's this flavor at DreamWorks, and Pixar does their own thing, and…

— Henry Selick

I was influenced by Ray Harryhausen and Lotte Reiniger, with her twitchy, cutout animation, which I happened to see at a very…

— Henry Selick

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…

— Henry Selick

Puppets seem like vampires sometimes. They live, and you're depleted.

— Henry Selick

While I was making 'Coraline' I barely got to see any films at all, so I've got a lot of catching up…

— Henry Selick

Kids love to be scared - there's way to do it right, and ways to do it wrong.

— Henry Selick

Having to make a blockbuster every time puts unhealthy pressure on creatives. The pressure on the filmmakers is so intense, I think…

— Henry Selick

People spend the money where the money is. Nightmare never goes away.

— Henry Selick

Very few people have made the transition from animation to live-action; I'm certainly not one.

— Henry Selick

'Coraline' is Neil Gaiman's book, it sold a lot, it has a big fan base. It was originally conceived to be live…

— Henry Selick

What I personally gravitate toward tends to be fantasy, medium dark - not too dark - fairy tales and sci fi. Stop-motion…

— Henry Selick

I love all sorts of animation, probably the most beautiful would be the tradtional hand drawn animation that Disney is known for.…

— Henry Selick

I learned my lesson that in the live-action world, you have to earn the support of people over a very, very long…

— Henry Selick

CG can do anything, but it can't do everything well. What it naturally can do is special effects. But using stop-motion comes…

— Henry Selick

Morals always sound like cliches, but usually cliches are based on things that are ultimate truths. Be grateful for what you have;…

— Henry Selick

People are always telling me that boys won't go to girls' movies and vice versa. It's not true.

— Henry Selick

Almost any modern video camera can take stills, so there's always this fresh crop of kids that like making things and moving…

— Henry Selick

As a director, I'm not the one animating every frame, every shot. I'm moving around like a surgeon on rounds, or a…

— Henry Selick