Actors Quote by John Lasseter

An animator is an actor with a pencil.

— Chuck Jones

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

Everyone in animation is a performer to a degree.

— Rob Minkoff

Animating is a very slow, pain-staking process and the animators become the actors at that point.

— Wes Anderson

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

Animation is not the art of drawings that move but the art of movements that are drawn.

— Norman McLaren

The great thing about the animation process is that is goes from, I write the lines, it goes to the actors, the actors bring…

— Michael Arndt

(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

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

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

I think all directors should be animators...

— Steven Spielberg

I'm always impressed with the work of animators. You have to be able to draw the scenes in between movements. I'm impressed with the…

— Akira Toriyama