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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was mentored by great Disney animators at the end of their careers.
My respect for animators and animation directors has gone way, way up and it is just not something you can phone in.
I was always into cartoons and animation.
I was an animator for a while early on, but a 2D animator.
I've always loved animation and animated films.
I'm not as successful as Pixar or Dreamworks, and that is disappointing to me, because I think my films are as valid as a Pixar film. I think there's an audience for my films. I know there's a market for someone like Quentin Tarantino, who basically does adult cartoons in live action.
I've always wanted to be an animator. That's an ultimate art form, right there.
Pixar has invented much of computer animation as it's known today, and I've been very lucky to be the first traditional animator to work with computer animation.
The animators are absolutely extraordinary. It's mind-boggling.
Literally overnight, I became an animator... and one that was well-known.