The 24+ Henry Selick Quotes

Having To Make A Blockbuster Every Time Puts Unhealthy Pressure On Creatives. The Pressure On The Filmmakers Is So Intense, I Think It Stifles The Creativity.

Anyone Can Buy Cg Technology. It's Not That It's Easy To Make Those Films. Those Films Are Just As Difficult, They're Incredibly Hard To Make.

People Are Very Harsh Critics Of Animated Humans.

There's Definitely The Desire Out There For Young People Who Want To Make The Movies.

Almost Any Modern Video Camera Can Take Stills, So There's Always This Fresh Crop Of Kids That Like Making Things And Moving Them By Hand. So It's As Much Our Desire To Keep It Going As What We Believe Is The Public's Desire For Handmade Stuff That Really Feels Handmade, Where They Aren't Being Tricked Into It Being Handmade.

I'm Supporting An Up-and-coming Director. It's The Time In My Life That I Want To Share What I Know And Pass It Along.

It's Nice To Be Taken Seriously.

I Have More Faith In Doing Something Creative For A Cable Station Or Something Like Yahoo Or Google Or Amazon. What Netflix Did With 'house Of Cards' And David Fincher Was Brilliant. That Is Inspiring To Me. I Think There Is More Chance For Creativity In Animation, It Just Hasn't Happened There Yet.

This Golden Globe Nomination Is Sweet Validation For The Years Of Hard Work It Took To Bring Coraline To Life Using Stop-motion Animation With The Greatest Crew Of Animators, Artists, And Technicians I've Ever Been Privileged To Work With. I Share This Nomination With All Of Them And We All Share Our Thanks To The Hollywood Foreign Press.

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.

I Get Rewarded Virtually Every Day With Something Amazing To See - Whether It's A New Shot, A Miniature Sweater, Someone Who's Figured Out How To Make The Hair Look Really Great. We Found A Way To Do The Rain, Finally. And Mud. Make The Trees. So I Get To Stay In Constant Motion As A Director, You Know, Reviewing Things. And There's A Lot To Review.

Miyazaki's Films In Japan Are Bigger Than Titanic. He's An Incredible Rock Star There. In The Us, They Don't Do As Well.