Bill Plympton quotes

I think it reflects well on the state of animation that people are knowledgeable about it and love the fantasy and imagination that goes into it. (Bill Plympton)
Im very happy with the success of short films. In fact, for me, the short films make more money than the features. View quote
Bill Plympton
People used to want to be filmmakers and animators; now they want to make apps. View quote
Bill Plympton
America is behind Europe and Japan in terms of accepting adult ideas in animation. View quote
Bill Plympton
I look at some of my early stuff - back when I was 12 or 13 years old - and I was already doing cross-hatching back then. I don't know where I picked that up. I think I was in a hurry, and I wanted to shade something really fast, and I tried cross-hatching a shadow. View quote
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I think each film I do has less and less dialogue. It really helps a lot for foreign sales, because when I go to Europe, there's very little problem with communication. All the gags are visual. The music they can understand, and it helps communicate a lot better. View quote
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I think it's part of the responsibility of an artist to shock, to upset, to make people think differently, and to surprise people. And that's where the good humor is, if there's a surprise and there's something unexpected. Something that's not normal, not in the realm of general living expectations. View quote
Bill Plympton