Animation Quote by Ralph Bakshi

I was very briefly under contract to Disney Animation, to develop ideas for animated features. They don't like you to use the word "cartoon"…

— Charles Busch

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

— Gore Verbinski

Disney's animation division is the modern equivalent of the old studio system - which I believe is a better way to make all movies,…

— Rob Minkoff

The Walt Disney Animation studio is the studio that Walt Disney started himself in 1923, and it's never stopped and never closed its doors…

— John Lasseter

With my own cartoon, it was just me being goofy by myself, but when it comes to an animated film, you're working with 45…

— Gary Larson

I was always really fascinated with animation, but just in a way all kids are with watching Disney movies and all that, but I…

— Kirsten Lepore

Too many of Disney animators, and a lot try to emulate Disney, are trying to hit what they call quality levels. They're boring mannerisms.

— Ralph Bakshi

Nobody does animation better than Disney; it's just that some of us wanted out of the box. Burton was one. I was another. We…

— Henry Selick

All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the…

— Ralph Bakshi

It's a strange business, and unfortunately, what we do in animation is a mystery, especially the directors.

— Lee Unkrich

I've worked in animation for a long time. I started in Spain and I wanted to make feature films. That desire to figure out…

— Raul Garcia

I don't know if I really watched any Disney animation as a kid.

— Emilie de Ravin