Actor Quote by Chuck Jones

Every animator is really an actor performing in slow motion, living the character a drawing at a time.

— John Lasseter

An actor uses his body as a tool and an instrument. In the same way a musician plays an instrument, the actor uses his…

— Rob Minkoff

In terms of animation, animators are actors as well. They are fantastic actors. They have to draw from how they feel emotionally about the…

— Andy Serkis

An actor finds things in the moment with a director and other actors that you don't have time to hand-draw or animate with a…

— Andy Serkis

(The) process of acting is no different to conventional screen acting, in that it's providing a perfect interface between the director and the performer.…

— Andy Serkis

In performance capture roles, it's not a committee of animators that author the role, it's the actor. I think that's a significant thing for…

— Andy Serkis

Computers don't create computer animation any more than a pencil creates pencil animation. What creates computer animation is the artist.

— John Lasseter

But that's not what an actor does. An actor finds things in the moment with a director and other actors that you don't have…

— Andy Serkis

I think all directors should be animators...

— Steven Spielberg

Everyone in animation is a performer to a degree.

— Rob Minkoff

I was an animator for a while early on, but a 2D animator.

— Dan Scanlon

My respect for animators and animation directors has gone way, way up and it is just not something you can phone in.

— Gore Verbinski