Henry Selick Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“Just like those little Viewmaster slides, there's a inherent magic that's captured in 3D that you can't get in drawn animation or in CG.”

“People are always telling me that boys won't go to girls' movies and vice versa. It's not true.”

“Stop-motion is sort of twitchy; you can feel the life in it. If we were to remove that completely, there'd be no point in it.”

“There's always kids who become stop motion animators. I get stuff all the time. They put it on YouTube. It's exciting to see.”

“There's very few people who want to just make beautiful films that make money, when they can make films that make huge money.”

“Unless you have kids, you actually have no idea what kids are watching on TV these days.”

“We are suffering from a glut of too many 3-D movies and not enough screens.”

“While I was making 'Coraline' I barely got to see any films at all, so I've got a lot of catching up to do.”

“Kids love to be scared; we all do. But there's a difference between leaving them hanging out there, with their fears, and then bringing them safely home. Kids love it when someone like them stands up against real evil, something really horrendous and frightening, and win.”

“As a director, I'm not the one animating every frame, every shot. I'm moving around like a surgeon on rounds, or a farmer checking in on all the plants being grown, pruning and adjusting. For me, it's a very exciting job.”