Mainstream animated movies are dumbed-down and sanitised: they make the world in their own image rather than exploring the limitless possibilities that are out there.
I want the 'Roots' biopic to be animated - I see Charles Schulz drawing us. I think it would be more hilarious with the voices of children.
There are lots of wonderful actors doing animated films these days, but I prefer it when you can't recognise them - it means they've really become the character.
Doctors don’t seem to realize that most of us are perfectly content not having to visualize ourselves as animated bags of skin filled with obscene glop.
If you are animated by right principles, and are fully awakened to the true dignity of life, the subject of amusements may be left to settle itself.
I'm interested in animation. I actually feel like I've learned so much about the process how to make an animated movie.
If I'm really jet-lagged and need to get to sleep, I just try and watch cartoons. As long as it's animated, I don't care - it has to have that distance from real life.
We had a really animated debate about whether we should allow third-party sellers to sell on the Amazon site.
Whenever you do an animated project or a voice-over project it's inevitable that part of your personality comes into play.
Those who are animated by hope can perform what would seem impossibilities to those who are under the depressing influence of fear.
The perpetual tendency of the race of man to increase beyond the means of subsistence is one of the general laws of animated nature, which we can have no reason to expect to change.
I was very briefly under contract to Disney Animation, to develop ideas for animated features. They don't like you to use the word "cartoon" around there.
There's always one sequence in every animated film that's the bane of every animator's existence.
Modern animated movies are the products not of anyone’s individual vision, but rather a scattered accumulation of compromises made out of fear by members of large committees.
One of the great things about doing animated movies is that you don't have to dress up or put on make-up.
The best way for a beginner to write for animation is to closely watch animated films, then read the screenplays for them afterwards.
In an animated film you can do whatever you want, but that doesn't mean you should do everything you want.
Every time I do a movie, especially an animated movie, I just seem to scream and shout and hyperventilate for money.
A lot of animated movies in the past have sort of relied on these archaic tropes on what the female characters in those movies can be and who they are.
It is ironic you could make an animated film about a dog that's a universal character, but God forbid it be a human being who is not a man.
When I talk to people and I get animated, I touch them and am very physically involved. It's actually been really hard, but it's an acting challenge.
'More & More' is animated, full of confidence, even cute; in contrast, the dancing is incredibly powerful and energetic.
If there are kids in the crowd, I try to be more animated for them. It does change a little bit each show. There's a lot of improv.
We've rewritten entire scenes and had them animated twelve hours before the show goes on the air. It's not fun.
When I was a teenager, I did one animated series back when I was on 'General Hospital.' It was 1971 or '72. Then I didn't do animation until 'Batman.'
That's the thing with animated films - I often feel that puppets get the better parts compared to us normal actresses.
Happiness is that single and glorious thing which is the very light and sun of the whole animated universe; and where she is not it were better that nothing should be.
If you've never woken up from a car accident to discover that your wife is dead and you're an animated, rotting corpse, then you probably wouldn't understand.
It's strange to recall that America animated none of my youthful daydreams. I did not see a Hollywood film until my late teens.
All movies are inherently collaborative, and animation even more so. There are hundreds and hundreds of people involved with an animated movie.
The problem is, when you're making an animated movie, the studio has an illusion in their minds - and it's really not true - that because it's a drawing, it can be changed at any time.
It is liberalism, whether people like it or not, which has animated all the years of my life. What on Earth did conservatism ever accomplish for our country?
Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion.
I love animated films when they are good, because they do bring a lot of emotion and heart that's very difficult to get in a live action film.
The minute you watch your voice back with its proper animated character saying the words, that's when you learn exactly what you need to do next time.
It's nothing short of a whole new brain... animated by a different form of thinking and a new approach to life.
Astrology's roots lie in an ancient world-view which perceived the universe as a single living organism, animated by divine order and intelligence.
He who drinks a tumbler of London water has literally in his stomach more animated beings than there are men, women, and children on the face of the globe.
In 1992, fans of our feline temptress got another chance to sink their claws into the new and exciting tales of Catwoman in 'Batman: The Animated Series.'
I was a huge fan of the Justice League growing up. I watched all of the cartoons, all of the animated series, all of the movies, superhero related, since my personal beginning.
sight-seeing gratifies us in different ways. First, there is the pleasure of novelty; secondly, either that of admiration or fault-finding - the latter a very animated enjoyment.
I'm kind of an animated person. I was given this really big blessing that my voice just kind of carries the emotion.
If the church is to impress the world with the deathless hope of the everlasting Gospel, she must be animated by that hope herself.
'Avatar: The Last Airbender' is, to my mind, the greatest American animated series ever produced. The characters lived and breathed.
One of the things that set us apart early on, as opposed to other animated shows, was the fact that 'Bojack' was continuous and serialized.
Just because 'Planes' is an animated movie doesn't mean I don't take my work seriously. You can always push yourself to be better.
Winnie the Pooh and his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood are among the most entertaining and beloved characters ever animated by Disney.
The most effective 3D movies I have ever seen are the animated movies because they are designed.
What's kind of wonderful about being the voice in an animated film is you're a small part of an enormous production. And in a way, you get to remain a little bit objective.
If you're doing an animated comedy on the same channel as 'South Park,' no one can really tell you anything. The bar has been set so high.
The question I get more than any other is, 'What does it mean to direct an animated film?' And the reality is that it's not a whole lot different from what you do in live action.
Donald Trump understood America. He animated America, and now he'll be the president of all Americans.
Scoring animated films, I have the exact same approach and philosophy as I do for a live action. It's all story- and character-driven. I don't care if it's a mouse or Tom Cruise.
When you do an animated movie - at least the ones that I've been a part of - you never see any of the other actors. It's all done separately with headphones in a voice booth.
The animated bug has bitten pop culture. It makes me feel happy and free. When you don't act seriously, you can make up your own rules.
I've been your yellow M&M for, oh, at least two decades or so, and I've done a lot of other animated stuff in between.
When I was younger and inexperienced, I was a very animated pitcher. I pitched with a lot of adrenaline. I was my own worst enemy when things weren't gong well.
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.
Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
I hate rodents. I cannot stand rodents. I couldn't even watch 'Ratatouille,' which is an animated film.
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