Quotes About Animation

The tribbles were really made by a fellow named Wah Chang—he did much of STAR TREK's special effects work, but he's also well known for his work in films like Jack the Giant Killer, The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao, and other fantasies requiring unusual effects or animation.

I think 'Paranorman' was a great adventure.

It's amazing that people love 'Family Guy' as much as they do. It's great.

I grew up when 'Schoolhouse Rock' taught millions of American kids how a bill becomes a law.

In an animated film you can do whatever you want, but that doesn't mean you should do everything you want.

The whole thing with animated movies is that it's very hard to get out of your head because it's very moving through each line systematically.

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 not a whole lot different from what you do in live action.

I want to have the number one animated show in the world.

For whatever reason, I think we have one type of animated movie and it's so wrong. I want to do a drama, I want to do an action, a comedy. In live-action, there are all sorts of movies. There's independent movies, big movies, action movies, funny movies, and for us we have one movie.

I have done a lot of animated stuff over a 30-year period, and you do have to go much bigger on that stuff in order for it to come across.

I like the idea of seeing myself animated and caricatured.

There's a process in the movie industry in both live action and animation called development hell!

I think animation can tell more than live action.

I love doing both animation and live acting.

My animation work is a major source of pride for me.

Animation's a small industry, and no matter where you go you're going to meet your friends from CalArts.

One of the things my dad told me when I was growing up was, 'Find your calling. Find what you're meant to do.' When I found animation, I knew this was it.

Animation had been done before, but stories were never told.

I'm interested in animation. I actually feel like I've learned so much about the process how to make an animated movie.

I don't believe that an animation studio should be an executive-driven studio.

Doing an animation is nothing like anything you could ever experience. You get to be a kid again and just play dress up in a movie studio.

I lucked out. I got in just when animation just started to take off.

It's been an ambition of mine, before I even wanted to act, to be involved in animation.

Animation films are about entertainment and about fun for the whole family, and if you went too far down a dark path, it's not what people, I think, expect from a great animated film.