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Henry Selick Quotes

People spend the money where the money is. Nightmare never goes away Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Cyclops, that’s like this primal fear. I had dreams for years that the Cyclops was a small creature living in our huge fish tank at home, and at night, it was going to grow to full size and come after me Picture Quote #1

I was at Disney for about four years, so I made good friends there. It was a time of not a lot of creativity. It was the end of the first great era, with a few of the original animators. They called them the Nine Old Men. I learned a lot from them, but it wasn’t going to be a future home for me Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Making ‘Coraline’ was one of the great filmmaking experiences of my life Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I think it’s important that kids see another kid - Coraline - who doesn’t have guns, she doesn’t have super-powers, she’s not a super-genius. To see a pretty normal kid - I mean, she’s probably a little more curious, a little more stubborn, but she’s a real kid - go up against something that’s truly dark and evil and powerful. And she does win Picture Quote #1

Kids love to be scared - there’s way to do it right, and ways to do it wrong Picture Quote #1

I feel I’m just meant to do stop-motion. Live-action is much more glamorous to some, but it’s basically a whole army of people focused on one thing Picture Quote #1

When you’re writing, it’s all up to you, and you don’t have to make any compromises. And when you’re directing, there’s this intense pleasure you get from working with all these really talented people, and pooling the efforts towards a common goal. I like all the aspects of film-making Picture Quote #1

There’s this long tradition of... even ‘Where The Wild Things Are,’ which many people consider the best kids’ picture book of all time. It was considered revolutionary, and some libraries wouldn’t carry it. But it’s a classic because it taps into empowerment for kids, kids facing dangers and winning Picture Quote #1

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We can still do a stop motion feature for about one-third of what it costs Pixar or DreamWorks or Blue Sky to make a feature. But nobody is interested in a film that cost $50 to 60 million with the potential to do $120 million. They want to risk big money to make huge money Picture Quote #1

Morals always sound like cliches, but usually cliches are based on things that are ultimate truths. Be grateful for what you have; appreciate what’s right there in front of you Picture Quote #1

Every kid has a toy that they believe is their best friend, that they believe communicates with them, and they imagine it being alive, their toy horse or car or whatever it is. Stop-motion is the only medium where we literally can make a toy come to life, an actual object Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

There’s definitely the desire out there for young people who want to make the movies Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

There’s very few people who want to just make beautiful films that make money when they can make films that make huge money Picture Quote #1

Nobody does animation better than Disney; it’s just that some of us wanted out of the box. Burton was one. I was another. We were the mutual complaint society Picture Quote #1

It’s nice to be taken seriously Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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People spend the money where the money is. Nightmare never goes away (Henry Selick Quotes) 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. (Henry Selick Quotes) Cyclops, that’s like this primal fear. I had dreams for years that the Cyclops was a small creature living in our huge fish tank at home, and at night, it was going to grow to full size and come after me. (Henry Selick Quotes) I was at Disney for about four years, so I made good friends there. It was a time of not a lot of creativity. It was the end of the first great era, with a few of the original animators. They called them the Nine Old Men. I learned a lot from them, but it wasn’t going to be a future home for me. (Henry Selick Quotes) 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. (Henry Selick Quotes) Making ‘Coraline’ was one of the great filmmaking experiences of my life (Henry Selick Quotes) 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. (Henry Selick Quotes) I think it’s important that kids see another kid - Coraline - who doesn’t have guns, she doesn’t have super-powers, she’s not a super-genius. To see a pretty normal kid - I mean, she’s probably a little more curious, a little more stubborn, but she’s a real kid - go up against something that’s truly dark and evil and powerful. And she does win. (Henry Selick Quotes) Kids love to be scared - there’s way to do it right, and ways to do it wrong (Henry Selick Quotes) I feel I’m just meant to do stop-motion. Live-action is much more glamorous to some, but it’s basically a whole army of people focused on one thing. (Henry Selick Quotes) When you’re writing, it’s all up to you, and you don’t have to make any compromises. And when you’re directing, there’s this intense pleasure you get from working with all these really talented people, and pooling the efforts towards a common goal. I like all the aspects of film-making. (Henry Selick Quotes) There’s this long tradition of... even ‘Where The Wild Things Are,’ which many people consider the best kids’ picture book of all time. It was considered revolutionary, and some libraries wouldn’t carry it. But it’s a classic because it taps into empowerment for kids, kids facing dangers and winning. (Henry Selick Quotes) We can still do a stop motion feature for about one-third of what it costs Pixar or DreamWorks or Blue Sky to make a feature. But nobody is interested in a film that cost $50 to 60 million with the potential to do $120 million. They want to risk big money to make huge money. (Henry Selick Quotes) Morals always sound like cliches, but usually cliches are based on things that are ultimate truths. Be grateful for what you have; appreciate what’s right there in front of you. (Henry Selick Quotes) Every kid has a toy that they believe is their best friend, that they believe communicates with them, and they imagine it being alive, their toy horse or car or whatever it is. Stop-motion is the only medium where we literally can make a toy come to life, an actual object (Henry Selick Quotes) 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 (Henry Selick Quotes) 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 (Henry Selick Quotes) There’s definitely the desire out there for young people who want to make the movies (Henry Selick Quotes) 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 (Henry Selick Quotes) 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 (Henry Selick Quotes) There’s very few people who want to just make beautiful films that make money when they can make films that make huge money (Henry Selick Quotes) Nobody does animation better than Disney; it’s just that some of us wanted out of the box. Burton was one. I was another. We were the mutual complaint society (Henry Selick Quotes) It’s nice to be taken seriously (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 (Henry Selick Quotes)