Animation Quotes - page 2

Animation is a great way to work. No early morning call times, no make-up chair. In live action, you're always fighting the clock; the sun is always going down too soon. (John C. Reilly)
I brought in the stories many times. I don't just do animation. View quote
Ray Harryhausen
I know pretty well in the broad sense what I'm going to do, because I have to know that when we shoot the live-action, so that it'll synchronize. Then I know pretty well when I get to the animation stage, what that scene requires. View quote
Ray Harryhausen
I think animation can tell more than live action. View quote
Makoto Shinkai
The animation of the canvas is one of the hardest problems of painting. View quote
Alfred Sisley
I learned a lot about 3D animation from and with my dear friend Michael Hemschoot of Workerstudio. Taught me that I want to play more with animation and image manipulation. Fun stuff! View quote
Angela Bettis
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. View quote
Bill Plympton
Computer animation is one way to liberate people from their circumstantial gravity, and it is one way to give them mental freedom. View quote
Cai Guo-Qiang
For me, part of the fascination with making animation is you go to a place; it's a complete immersion in someone else's fantasy. View quote
Chris Wedge
When business executives are making the artistic decisions and don't understand animation, things can go awry. View quote
Don Bluth
It just seems like the whole, overall animation world is trying to go where maybe animation doesn't belong. (Don Bluth)
I prefer that animation reach into places where live action doesn't go, and it seems like all of animation nowadays is trying to go where live action is. View quote
Don Bluth
In the animation world, people who understand pencils and paper usually aren't computer people, and the computer people usually aren't the artistic people, so they always stand on opposite sides of the line. View quote
Don Bluth
The days when you needed amazing Silicon Graphics machines to run animation software are gone now. View quote
Dave Rowntree
But probably for the last ten years or so, I've been fitting in animation work into my other projects. View quote
Dave Rowntree
Animation is a technique, not a genre. View quote
Gore Verbinski
My respect for animators and animation directors has gone way, way up and it is just not something you can phone in. View quote
Gore Verbinski
What I love most about animation is, it's a team sport, and everything we do is about pure imagination. View quote
Jeffrey Katzenberg
When an executive walked on our floor, it was at their own risk. As far as what others thought of working for me, I know I was very tough at times, and would storm down the hall after watching some bad animation from Korea. But overall, I feel we had a good time. View quote
Joe Murray
Animation is the one type of movie that really does play for the entire audience. Our challenge is to make stories that connect for kids and adults. View quote
John Lasseter
If you're sitting in your minivan, playing your computer animated films for your children in the back seat, is it the animation that's entertaining you as you drive and listen? No, it's the storytelling. That's why we put so much importance on story. No amount of great animation will save a bad story. (John Lasseter)
People who get into animation tend to be kids. We don't have to grow up. But also, animators are great observers, and there's this childlike wonder and interest in the world, the observation of little things that happen in life. View quote
John Lasseter
I graduated from college with a 3.92 GPA with a degree in computer programming and a BFA in fine arts and animation. My first job was painting a mural in the Grimaldi's in Queens. View quote
JWoww
Studios have been trying to get rid of the actor for a long time and now they can do it. They got animation. NO more actor, although for now they still have to borrow a voice or two. Anyway, I find it abhorrent. View quote
James Coburn
I love doing the voice of Batman because of the quality of the animation. The music is particularly incredible. Another bonus is getting the opportunity to work with some very respected actors who do not usually do voice work. View quote
Kevin Conroy