Animals Quote by Stephen Hillenburg

I thought, well, what about a show that stars undersea creatures, and some of the ones you rarely see animated. So, from there, I…

— Stephen Hillenburg

I wanted to do a show about a character that was an innocent, and so I focused on a sea sponge because it's a…

— Stephen Hillenburg

“A multitude of harlequin lifeforms bobbed and twirled and played in the depths of the Atlantic. Pink cucumbers with thorny backs. Algae. Starfish. Annelids…

— Jake Vander Ark

If, at the end of the day, I can look back and see pictures of all the characters I've played, and there's a smorgasbord…

— Joel Edgerton

A sponge is a funny animal to center a show on. At first, I drew a few natural sponges - amorphous shapes, blobs -…

— Stephen Hillenburg

I would love to see a giant squid. Very few people have seen them. And only about half a dozen people have seen one…

— David Attenborough

“This was the southern sea. The colors that fade when coral is drawn out of its element were garishly bright here, intricate and lovely…

— Henry Kuttner

For decades I have tried to peel back the layers of mystery surrounding many marine creatures, though most have held tightly to their secrets.…

— Brian Skerry

I wanted to create a small town underwater where the characters were more like us than like fish. They have fire. They take walks.…

— Stephen Hillenburg

As a general thing, I've always been drawn to characters who appear to be one thing on the surface, but are actually something else…

— Michael Sheen

I like playing these characters who are just on the edge of ridiculous but always grounded in reality. I would never want to come…

— Kaitlin Olson

I drew these natural sponges for a while and gave them googly eyes, and it didn't come together until I drew a sink sponge…

— Stephen Hillenburg