Take any movie with an actor you like. Turn your head and just listen to the performance. In some cases, the physical presence remains as strong when you can’t see the actor, when it’s just the voice.
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.
In an animated film you can do whatever you want, but that doesn’t mean you should do everything you want.
In dire economic times, movies are relatively inexpensive entertainment for the whole family.
I’ve always been thinking in three dimensions, ever since I started working with computer animation in the early ’80s.
In computer animation, every detail has to be thought out, designed, modeled, shaded, placed and lit. The more you add, the more computer memory you need.
The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art.
I would get so into playing as a kid that I’d lose track of time.
Pixar’s short films convinced Disney that if the company could produce memorable characters within five minutes, then the confidence was there in creating a feature film with those abilities in story and character development.
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