 Film has to describe and show. |
| The rise of anime had to happen. If the Japanese could tell better American stories, it would go through the roof. They still tell stories which are very much oriental. I take my hat off to them. |
| Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work. |
| One of the best animated films I've seen come out of Disney was the Tarzan movie. I wasn't crazy about the story or the design on Tarzan's face, but the traditional animation was spectacular. |
| Wizards was my homage to Tolkien in the American idiom. I had read Tolkien, understood Tolkien, and wanted to do a sort of fantasy for American kids, and that was Wizards. |
| I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights. |
| I'm the first to admit that I can't be as good as Tolkien, and a movie can never be as good as Tolkien. |
| I animated 20 years at Terry Toons. It's important to know that animators like pizza and a raise once in a while, and you've got to treat them with love. |
| I had the X rating on my films. Now they do as much on The Simpsons as I got an X rating for Fritz the Cat. |
| Disney had such a hold on the mind of America-they were Adolf Hitler. The whole country thought Disney was some sort of god and that animation was some sort of pure thing for children. |
