Pierre Coffin Quotes

France, Actor
November 1, 1967

Pierre-Louis Padang Coffin (born 1 November 1967) is a French voice actor, animator and film director best known for co-directing, with Chris Renaud, the films in the Despicable Me franchise and as the voice of the Minions, which won him the Kids Family Award at the 10th Seiyu Awards.

Also known as Animator, Film Director, Voice Actor

I can't walk in a toy store in a foreign country without seeing a kid with a minion backpack.

Pierre Coffin
- Country
- Minion
Oh, when I was a kid, I was raised up with all the Disney classics.

Pierre Coffin
- Up
- Disney

Every time I work on a scene or I work on the overall movie, I had my kids unconsciously in mind. Is that going to please them? Is it going to be funny for them? And if it is funny for them, is it going to be funny for their friends and their friends' friends?

Pierre Coffin
- Time
- Work
- Mind
How can you tell a story with one frame that, by its simplicity, manages to tell a story, a gag that evokes an emotion in you? That became my motto throughout all my life. Simplicity.

Pierre Coffin
- Life
- Simplicity
There are great comic books, these great geniuses that manage to tell you a story in one frame, and that became the thing that opened my eyes.

Pierre Coffin
- Great
- Eyes
Seeing how dumb and stupid they often are, I just couldn't imagine minions being girls.

Pierre Coffin
- Stupid
- Dumb
I loved drawing, but I just couldn't do it to the level that some of my friends could. That pulled me up unconsciously because I wanted to be like them, and I wanted to draw.

Pierre Coffin
- Up
- Friends
- Drawing