Henry Selick

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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.

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People are very harsh critics of animated humans.

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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.

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Kids love to be scared - there's way to do it right, and ways to do it wrong.

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If you're drawing humans, it can be detrimental to be too naturalistic, which is like animating little corpses.

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I'm meant to be an animation director. That world, and the culture of stop-motion, is where I want to live. It's more my problem than Hollywood's. I'm not attuned to Hollywood.

From Henry Selick