Action Quote by Steve Martin

Animation is very similar to sketch comedy: you have a short amount of time to do something big and ridiculous and funny.

— Alex Borstein

The whole point of animation to me is to tell a story, make a joke, express an idea. The technique itself doesn't really matter.…

— Terry Gilliam

It's awesome, because in live-action, most of my comedies have been rated R, so I'm trying to make adults laugh. While animation is a…

— Christopher Mintz-Plasse

A live action movie is work, and an animated movie is you showing up in your pajamas once every three months, or in my…

— Ryan Reynolds

To direct a genuinely animated film, you're really having meetings and discussing what you want with animators who then go off and produce one…

— Peter Jackson

The question I get more than any other is, 'What does it mean to direct an animated film?' And the reality is that it's…

— Lee Unkrich

With animation, if something does not fit, you always have the time to change it. When you make a live-action movie, when your days…

— Marjane Satrapi

That's what's great about standup comedy: the instant feedback. You get up on stage, you tell a joke, if it doesn't work, come back…

— Jimmy O. Yang

When in a movie like 'Housefull' you have to create comedy out of falling on a glass table or jumping from huge heights, it's…

— Lara Dutta

The idea of an animated film is you always kind of get a little bit daunted by it as a filmmaker because it feels…

— Peter Jackson

The timing of comedy is so difficult. You've got to leave room for a laugh, you don't want to kill the laugh, but on…

— Helen Mirren

I love doing live action movies, but there's a great job in doing animation, especially one with music.

— Robin Williams