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35 Years of Great Quotes Over the past three and a half decades, we have heard and read a lot of wonderful insights, clever quips and career tips from our favorite animation superstars. Here is just a sampler of some of the great ones that have stayed with us: “The tacos of success are dripping with the salsa of failure.”
Jorge R. Gutierrez, creator/director, Maya and the Three, The Book of Life, El Tigre
“I always say that the answer you’re supposed to give when you’re asked, ‘Who are you writing for?’ isn’t kids. I am really not writing for the kids, I am writing to my own experience as a kid.” Chris Nee, creator, Doc McStuffins, Vampirina, We the People, Ridley Jones
“Shrek is not like anything anybody has ever done before!”
Jeffrey Katzenberg, former chairman of Disney, former CEO of DreamWorks
“I’ve never aimed my films at children as the main audience. I think you restrict yourself when you do that. But on the other hand, I was very surprised that a lot of kids actually watched The Triplets of Belleville, and they all loved it. My own daughter, for example, was never forced to watch the film. She actually has a lot of Pixar movies at home!” Sylvain Chomet, director, The Triplets of Belleville, The Illusionist
“I set out to create a story about a girl. And a funny girl who makes mistakes and then has an opportunity to learn from them. My biggest hope was that girls would respond to it favorably and let themselves be a little less self-conscious or less hard on themselves.” Sue Rose, creator, Pepper Ann, Angela Anaconda
“The ‘Are you a Tuca or a Bertie?’ question is like asking if you’re an introvert or an extrovert. I mean, sure, based on context, and what time of month it is, and who’s around me, I might be more or less chatty — but ultimately, I don’t think it’s helpful to define yourself by these things, because depending on where you are in your life, you’ll be different!”
Lisa Hanawalt, creator, Tuca & Bertie
“People would ask, ‘How are you going to juggle it all?’ I finally just said, ‘Guys, I got it. I’m a mom.’” Jennifer Lee, CCO, Disney Animation; director, Frozen I & II
“Gromit was the name of a cat. When I started modeling the cat I just didn’t feel it was quite right, so I made it into a dog because he could have a bigger nose and bigger, longer legs.” Nick Park, Aardman; director & creator of Wallace & Gromit
“I feel like there has never been a better time for storytellers and filmmakers, because the appetite for this has not gone away. How people see it is different, but the fact that people still want to tell good stories and watch good stories, I think that’s what’s really exciting.”
Bonnie Arnold, producer, How to Train Your Dragon trilogy
“It’s so obvious when you see it, you just go, ‘Oh, well of course. Why haven’t we seen something like this before?’ It just makes you see how absolutely silly it is that things are just so limited and so ‘status quo’ when all of these stories are just reflecting the world as it is a little more. You see people like this every day when we walk out the door, it’s just pushing the camera a little over to the left and you have a whole other world that you can see and relate to.” Peter Ramsey, director, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Rise of the Guardians
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