Thomas Newman Quotes

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.

I haven't thought about getting into production. I'm interested in the creative aspect of storytelling.

'Alice' took over two years to make and took a great deal of planning, obviously much more than usual. We spent so much more time prepping the film, and that was unique for us.

A live action movie is work, and an animated movie is you showing up in your pajamas once every three months, or in my case, just a splash of baby powder. It's not any kind of heavy lifting.

In live action movies, you just hope that everything works. Because the actor may had a bad morning and doesn't play good, or accidents happen continuously. Many things contradict what you are trying to say. But in cartoons, nothing contradict what you want to say.

When you do animation - well, straightforward animation, although it's not straightforward - the voice for a character or something, they're always singular experiences, really.

I had always loved cartoons, especially 'Bugs Bunny,' and I found I enjoyed making animated films. Even a 30-second commercial involved drawing and painting, storytelling, not to mention actors, music, and sound effects.

My respect for animation has gone way up. It's a truckload of work. I have to sit with my animators the same way I'd sit with my actors and cast them.

I'm interested in animation. I actually feel like I've learned so much about the process how to make an animated movie.

Directing films is incredibly exciting to me.

Movies take a long time because movies take a long damn time to put work into. Whereas music, you don't have as much time. I didn't realize that.

It's been an ambition of mine, before I even wanted to act, to be involved in animation.

The surprising thing was, it's actually easier working on animation than working on a comic strip, because Garfield is animated in my head.

Gravity Falls' is a very hard show to produce.

I used to animate. I started in animation, and you'd end every day with at least one substantive contribution.

My work on titles was a marvelous opportunity to learn about filmmaking. I think I touched on just about every aspect of the process, both creative and technical. And I worked with many wonderful people.

A movie goes from several stages, from idea to script. As you continue shooting, you will make some adjustments. You're constantly adjusting. It's like a piece of music. You're constantly trying to make it better.

I would love to continue working on animated films. Yeah, those are my ambitions. No doubt.

Making a cartoon occupied usually about three full days, two spent in labour and one in removing the appearance of labour.

When I went to film school about three years ago, the first two years you're required to make a series of short films. I started making films based on short poems.

I like pre-production and post the best. I don't like shooting at all. I find it grueling and tough, but I love post and the whole process of seeing the film finally come together. You start ironing out all the rough spots, and the really bad bits you just throw away. So from day one of post to the last day, you see nothing but improvements.

Literally overnight, I became an animator... and one that was well-known.

'Shadow Hero' was a dream to work on.

I've produced a couple of films and really enjoyed starting it from the very beginning and seeing it all the way through to the end; that was very gratifying.

What I love most about animation is, it's a team sport, and everything we do is about pure imagination.