Chris Wedge Quotes & Sayings

“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.”

“We had no idea what we were in for when we started Blue Sky. We just had an idea of what we wanted to do. When we got to a point where it seemed impossible, we just kept doing it. After 18 years, we have a lot of it done.”

“What made 'Ice Age' work is that it had its shiny candy coatings, but inside was a soft, creamy center.”

“A lot of people have helped me along the way. But you know the biggest thing for me was when computer animation came along.”

“If you win the Oscar, you get to go into just about anybody's office for a month.”

“You win the Oscar, you get to go into just about anybody's office for a month. I had a lot of meetings.”

“Fox came to us with the concept for ICE AGE and they came to us with the first draft of the script. They also gave us a mandate to make it into a comedy from what was previously a rather dramatic action concept.”

“I remember feeling that technology was like trying to draw with your foot. In a ski boot. It was the most indirect way to work imaginable, but the potential had us all excited. I started in stop motion.”

“One of the things I've observed since I was a kid, is that if you work on something long enough you'll find I, even if you're lost for a while you'll find it.”

“Someday, I'd like to sit down with a small group of people, in a relaxed environment, and make a film that feels more independent. That way we can be a little more free in terms of storytelling and subject.”